Karen DeWitt
Capitol Bureau Chief, New York State Public RadioKaren has covered state government and politics for New York State Public Radio, a network of 10 New York and Connecticut stations, 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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Over 100 criminal justice and progressive groups have written a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul, asking her to appoint a new chief judge who has represented the most vulnerable people in society and looked out for defendants’ rights.
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As the nation’s economic uncertainty continues, with a volatile stock market, higher gas prices and inflation, New York state’s budget forecast has also suffered a reversal of fortune. Karen DeWitt takes a look at what’s changed since the budget was settled in the spring.
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The legal battles over redistricting are still not over. While the state Senate and congressional lines have been resolved by a court-appointed special master, arguments continue over who will draw the new state Assembly lines, after a court ruled that those lines were also unconstitutionally gerrymandered.
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Governor Kathy Hochul said gun safety laws passed after the Buffalo mass shooting that killed 10 people are reporting some success.
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With a little less than three months until Election Day in New York, Governor Kathy Hochul is comfortably ahead of her challenger Lee Zeldin. But as Karen DeWitt reports, in a volatile political climate, nothing is for certain.
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Wednesday marks a year since Andrew Cuomo, embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal, announced that he would resign as governor of New York state.
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Karen DeWitt spoke with the state’s health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, who said the best protection for kids is to get vaccinated.
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Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday defended her opposition to make more changes to the state’s bail reform laws.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul said she and state health officials are confronting the ongoing outbreaks of two diseases, COVID-19 and monkeypox. She also said the state is launching two programs to better respond to future health crises.
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New York State’s Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett said monkeypox continues to spread and people should be aware of the risks as well as how to access the limited supply of vaccines.