Karen DeWitt
Karen DeWitt is Capitol Bureau Chief for New York State Public Radio, a network of 10 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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Gov. Kathy Hochul is not taking sides in a political dispute between New York City Mayor Eric Adams and President Joe Biden over how to deal with the influx of an estimated 80,000 asylum-seekers to New York City. -
After Gov. Kathy Hochul withdrew a comprehensive housing plan from the state budget, she and legislators are now dampening expectations that they will be able to agree on an alternative proposal before the session ends in June.
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The $229 billion package includes changes to bail reform laws, the minimum wage, and new requirements to shift people to clean energy.
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New York state lawmakers on Tuesday evening were in what they hoped would be the final hours of action on the $229 billion state budget that is already over a month late.
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The governor says there is sufficient agreement with the legislature on major items to announce the preliminary accord.
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With the New York state budget now over four weeks late, Gov. Kathy Hochul says the wait may be nearly over — but nothing is settled yet.
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Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who is both the first woman and first African-American woman to lead the Senate, says the confirmation of Wilson “shatters another barrier.”
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State lawmakers, at the request of Gov. Kathy Hochul, passed another extender to take the state through Friday.
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The New York state budget remains hung up over differences between Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature on changes to the state's bail reform laws.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has until April 23 to make a new selection for the next leader of the state's court system, after the state Senate rejected her first choice in February.
