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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The spedning plan comes amid a shifting economic climate that could increase the state's future deficits. -
A joint legislative hearing on crime data revealed gaps in the state's methods of collecting information that make it harder to determine whether recent laws like bail reform are working as intended.
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More than a week after the state Senate Judiciary Committee rejected Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee for chief judge, Hochul says she still hasn’t decided whether to go to court to try to force the full Senate to vote on her choice.
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The Equal Rights Amendment include the right for pregnant people to choose abortion.
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A Siena College poll out Monday shows Gov. Kathy Hochul with her highest job approval and favorability ratings since taking office.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is deciding whether to press forward with legal action after a state Senate committee rejected her choice for chief judge. Senators say that would be a mistake.
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The state Senate judiciary committee voted down Gov. Kathy Hochul's choice for the next chief judge, but the governor is calling for another vote on the Senate floor.
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Hector LaSalle, if approved, would be the first Latino chief judge in New York, but he currently does not have the votes among Democrats to be confirmed.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has until the end of the month, when she releases her state budget plan, to detail the costs of her programs to expand housing, mental health services and to support public safety actions.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, in her first State of the State message as an elected governor, outlined an ambitious housing program and expansion of mental health services, along with new public safety measures, including more changes to the state’s controversial bail reform laws.
