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, fresh off a primary victory, is ready for a special session Thursday to react to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down the state's 100-year-old concealed carry restrictions. -
Kathy Hochul won the Democratic nomination for New York governor Tuesday, and U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin won the Republican Party's nomination.
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Tuesday is primary day in New York and both Democrats and Republicans are running in contests for governor.
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This year's democratic primary race for lieutenant governor may be more competitive than the one for the top of the ticket.
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The Siena College poll finds Democratic and Republican voters back the new gun control laws and abortion protections approved by Hochul and the legislature.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul signs six bills to help protect abortion care providers and patients, both in state and out of state, before the U.S. Supreme Court rules on overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is favored to win the Democratic primary for governor at the end of this month over her two challengers.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has not revealed how she might act on a two-year moratorium on some types of crypto mining approved by the state legislature.
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Jumaane Williams and Tom Suozzi criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul for her anti-crime policies and providing a billion dollars in government subsidies to build a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills.
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New York dtate lawmakers are concluding a legislative session that was dominated by the recent mass shootings in Texas and Buffalo.
