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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New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett says monkeypox continues to spread, and people should be aware of the risks, and how to access the limited supply of vaccines. Capitol Correspondent Karen DeWitt spoke to Bassett about the disease. -
A new poll by Siena College finds Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul leading Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin in the 2022 race to hold the state’s top elected post. -
Public safety issues are dominating the governor’s race in New York in recent days, as Republican Lee Zeldin calls for repealing the state’s bail reform laws, while Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul tells police chiefs she supports more funding for law enforcement. -
The troubled New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, or JCOPE, went out of businesses earlier this month, after Governor Kathy Hochul and the state legislature agreed to replace it with a new ethics panel. But progress on creating the new commission has been slow, leaving the state without any ethics panel at all. -
Governor Kathy Hochul says the state will spend $70 million for improving child care services in New York, as part of a plan that ends the state sales tax on baby diapers. -
Questions have been raised over campaign donations made to New York Governor Kathy Hochul by a small, family-owned company, during a time when they were paid more than $600 million to deliver COVID tests to the state. But the Democrat says there’s no pay-to-play going on. -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul says the state is preparing for a possible new surge of COVID-19 this fall, but she says no new rules, like indoor masking, are anticipated right now. The governor also says she is commencing a long-promised study of the state’s past pandemic policies. -
New York Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin says incumbent Governor Kathy Hochul is stalling a review of the state’s COVID-19 policy decisions – including the deaths of thousands of nursing home residents – in order to gain political advantage. Hochul says outside consultants will examine every aspect of the pandemic, but she won’t rush the process. -
The New York State Legislature is voting on bills to address two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on gun safety and abortion rights. The measures include new restrictions on carrying a concealed weapon and a constitutional amendment protecting abortion. -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who scored a resounding win in Tuesday’s primary, is not stopping to savor her victory. She outlined her plan for a Thursday special session of the legislature to address the Supreme Court decision that struck down New York’s restrictions on carrying a concealed weapon.
