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, responding to strict new abortion laws in Texas, said Monday she’ll make New York a safe legal haven for women’s reproductive health. -
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul held her first public appearance with her choice of lieutenant governor, Brian Benjamin, who until this week, was a state senator from Harlem.
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Kathy Hochul was sworn in as New York’s 57th governor, and the first woman to hold the office, at midnight Tuesday.
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With the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to become the first woman governor of New York state.
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The State Assembly's Judiciary Committee says articles of impeachment against Governor Andrew Cuomo could be drawn up before September.
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Three days after the attorney general’s devastating report finding New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo broke state and federal laws by sexually harassing 11 women, the governor’s private attorney responded. Lawyer Rita Glavin said her client was “ambushed” and his accusers lied.
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The New York State Assembly’s impeachment inquiry signaled Thursday that it is in the final stages, requesting attorneys for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to submit any additional evidence by the end of the day on Aug. 13.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday said with the alarming spread of the COVID-19 delta variant in New York state, he is extending a mandatory vaccination policy for state workers and employees of state-run hospitals to include Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers. He also urged nursing homes and schools require mandatory vaccines for employees.
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The window of opportunity for victims of childhood sexual abuse to file a civil lawsuit against their alleged abuser ends Aug. 13.
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New York State has mandated vaccines for its workers.
