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. 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, facing political pressure to hold a special session, on Thursday defended her opposition to make more changes to the state’s bail reform laws. -
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that she and state health officials are confronting the ongoing outbreaks of two diseases, COVID-19 and monkeypox.
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A new poll by Siena College finds Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul leading Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in the 2022 race to hold the state’s top elected post.
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New York state’s health commissioner, Dr. Mary Bassett, said Tuesday that monkeypox continues to spread, and people should be aware of the risk and how to access the limited supply of vaccines.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will soon be appointing a new chief judge for the state, now that Janet DiFiore has announced she’s leaving at the end of the summer. Hochul has an opportunity to remake the court.
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Questions have been raised over campaign donations made to Gov. Kathy Hochul by a small, family-owned company that received over $600 million to deliver COVID-19 tests to the state, but the governor says there’s no pay to play going on.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s opponent in the race for governor, Rep. Lee Zeldin, says Hochul is stalling a review of the state’s COVID-19 policy decisions, including the deaths of thousands of nursing home residents, in order to gain political advantage.
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The New York State Legislature on Friday was voting on bills to address two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on gun safety and abortion rights.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called a Thursday special session of the legislature to address the US Supreme Court decision that struck down New York’s restrictions on carrying a concealed weapon.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul won Tuesday’s Democratic primary, her first contest in seeking a full term as governor. She’ll now face the Republican primary winner, Long Island Rep. Lee Zeldin, in the November election.
