Karen DeWitt
Albany ReporterKaren DeWitt is Capitol Bureau Chief for New York State Public Radio, a network of 10 public radio stations in New York State. WBFO listeners are accustomed to hearing DeWitt’s insightful coverage throughout the day, including expanded reports on Morning Edition.
DeWitt 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 by the Women’s Press Club of New York State.
DeWitt has served as a panelist for numerous political debates, including the 2014 gubernatorial debate sponsored by WNED|WBFO
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The law, which is modeled after the Child Victims Act, would give adult survivors who have passed the statute of limitations a one-year window of opportunity to sue their alleged abusers. -
After last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo, Gov. Kathy Hochul called for enacting new gun control measures in New York, which already has the strictest gun control measures in the nation. It’s a big change from Hochul’s time in Congress, when the NRA gave her an “A” rating.
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The proposed amendment would build on a clause added to the state’s constitution in 1938, which provides protection from public or private discrimination on the basis of race, color or creed. The proposal would add categories of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability and sex, including pregnancy.
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New York State’s health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, says mass shootings — including the one in Buffalo over the weekend that killed 10 people — racism and the growth of extremist white supremacist theories all have consequences for public health.
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Four days after the mass shooting at a supermarket in a Black neighborhood in Buffalo that killed 10 people and injured three, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced several steps to curb the growing number of extreme acts of violence motivated by racial hatred.
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The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people in 46 of New York’s 62 counties wear masks in public indoor settings because omicron variants are surging. You can check your county here.
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Top lawmakers in Albany said on Monday that they would examine areas where the state’s gun laws could be strengthened following the weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo that killed 10 people, and injured three others, at a local grocery store.
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New York Attorney General Tish James is urging the legislature to pass her bill to set up a $50 million fund to pay for abortion services for people who come to New York for the procedure from states where it is outlawed. She says it’s even more urgent after the leaked draft opinion from the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
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Terminally ill people in 10 states can choose assisted death, but not in NY. Advocates want a changeThe Medical Aid in Dying Act was first introduced in the state legislature in 2016. It allows a terminally ill, mentally capable adult with six months or less to live to get a prescription from their doctor for medication that they can take when their suffering becomes too great to bear.
