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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Governor Kathy Hochul defended her record against her two primary opponents in a debate held on WCBS-TV, and CBS Newsradio 880 Tuesday night, where topics ranged from abortion rights to cryptocurrency mining. -
Less than a month after the mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed ten gun control bills into law Monday, including one that raises the age to buy a semi-automatic rifle from 18 to 21. -
The New York State Legislature ends the 2022 session with focus on guns and abortion. -
New York state lawmakers concluded their 2022 session by passing several gun control and abortion rights bills, as well as a first-in-the-nation two-year ban on cryptomining.
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Two-and-a-half weeks after a shooting in Buffalo killed 10 people, the New York State Legislature is adjusting the state's gun laws. -
With the prospect of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the New York Legislature has approved several measures to protect abortion providers. But a proposed equal rights amendment to the state’s constitution guaranteeing a right to the procedure remains stalled.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders have agreed on a package of gun control measures that includes banning the purchase of assault style weapons by New Yorkers under the age of 21.
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The legislative session is scheduled to end on Thursday, and New York Governor Kathy Hochul and the Legislature hope to accomplish several major issues, including further protecting abortion rights and more gun safety measures. -
Antonio Delgado was officially sworn in as the state’s lieutenant governor Wednesday, just hours after resigning his seat from Congress, and a few weeks after Governor Kathy Hochul picked him for the post. -
Governor Kathy Hochul says she’s putting together a team of independent experts to look into New York’s nursing home policies during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state, when thousands of elderly residents died.
