Karen Dewitt
NYS Capitol CorrespondentKaren DeWitt is Capitol Bureau chief for New York State Public Radio, a network of public radio stations in New York state. She has covered state government and politics for the network since 1990.
She is also a regular contributor to the statewide public television program about New York State government, New York Now. She appears on the reporter’s roundtable segment, and interviews newsmakers.
Karen previously worked for WINS Radio, New York, and has written for numerous publications, including Adirondack Life and the Albany newsweekly Metroland.
She is a past recipient of the prestigious Walter T. Brown Memorial award for excellence in journalism, from the Legislative Correspondents Association, and was named Media Person of the Year for 2009 by the Women’s Press Club of New York State.
Karen is a graduate of the State University of New York at Geneseo.
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Over 100 criminal justice and progressive groups have written a letter to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, asking the Democrat to consider a candidate who has looked out for defendants’ rights when appointing a new chief judge.
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As the nation’s economic uncertainty continues, with a volatile stock market, higher gas prices and inflation, New York state’s budget forecast has also suffered a reversal of fortune.
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The legal battles over New York's redistricting are still not over. While the state Senate and congressional lines have been resolved by a court-appointed special master, arguments continue over who will draw the new state Assembly lines, after a court ruled that those lines were also unconstitutional.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul says utilization of the state’s red flag law has increased after new gun safety measures were instituted following the mass shooting in Buffalo in May.
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With a little less than three months until Election Day in New York, Governor Kathy Hochul is comfortably ahead of her challenger, Lee Zeldin. But, in a volatile political climate, nothing is for certain.
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Wednesday marks a year since Andrew Cuomo, embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal, announced that he would resign as governor of New York state. His successor is now leading in the polls for election, and Cuomo is absent from the political scene, although not completely forgotten.
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The Republican candidate for New York governor, Congressman Lee Zeldin, appeared Monday with other federal and state officials at an Albany County farm to urge Democrats in power in state government to reverse a plan to phase in a mandatory 40-hour workweek for farm laborers.
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Governor Kathy Hochul says masks will not be required in schools this year, but New York is stockpiling rapid tests and personal protective equipment in anticipation of yet another potential surge of COVID-19 as the fall gets under way.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday defended her opposition to make more changes to the state’s bail reform laws. The Democrat, facing political pressure to hold a special session, says revisions to the laws that took effect in early May need to have a chance to work first.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul says she and state health officials are confronting the ongoing outbreaks of two diseases, COVID-19 and monkeypox. The Democrat also says the state is launching two programs to better respond to future health crises.