Karen DeWitt
Capitol Bureau Correspondent, AlbanyKaren 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 says COVID-19 rules will be eased for New York’s schoolchildren this year, and masks and social distancing will no longer be required. The governor and state health officials also gave an update on the spread of monkeypox, which for the first time has infected a child.
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The second primary in NYS this year is the result of court wranglings over redistricting.
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The governor met with the heads of utilities as storm season begins and advocated for a bond act to combat climate change.
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More than 100 groups have written a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul asking that she not appoint another former prosecutor to the role.
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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.
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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, in an appearance Monday in Latham, said the new lines should be drawn by the state's redistricting commission, not a special master.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, seeking election to a full term, has more money and a larger number of supporters, but GOP Congressman Lee Zeldin is ahead in the key downstate suburbs
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Gov. Kathy Hochul issued an executive order nearly three months ago, shortly after the Buffalo mass shooting, requiring State Police to invoke the laws and ask a judge to seize the weapons of anyone they believe might be a danger to themselves or others.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, seeking election to a full term, has more money and a larger number of supporters, but GOP Congressman Lee Zeldin is ahead in the key downstate suburbs
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Aug. 10 marks the one-year anniversary of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation amid multiple scandals.