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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The Republican candidate for governor, Lee Zeldin, visited his favorite pizza shop near the State Capitol to talk about rising crime in the area. -
The two candidates for governor in New York are doubling down on their priority issues in the race: crime and abortion. -
The state’s crime rate is once again an issue in the New York governor’s race after two teenagers were shot on Sunday outside the home of the Republican candidate, Lee Zeldin. -
The Republican candidate for governor, Lee Zeldin, who has made the rising crime rate an issue in his campaign, saw gun violence hit close to home on Sunday, when a drive by shooting left two people injured in his front yard. -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is defending a decision to buy over half a billion dollars in COVID-19 rapid tests from a campaign donor. -
Late on Friday, New York State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon issued an order to phase in a 40-hour work week for farm laborers by 2032. -
The Democratic Party in New York is reaching out to independent voters on the abortion issue, sending mailers that paint Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Lee Zeldin, as holding unacceptably “extreme” views. -
A new poll from Siena College finds Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul ahead of her Republican opponent, Lee Zeldin. -
The union representing many of the New York state’s nursing home workers said the health department’s proposed rules fall short and undermine the intent of the 2021 law. -
The Republican candidate for New York governor, Lee Zeldin, said even though he is opposed to abortion rights, he would not make big changes in the state’s abortion rights laws. But his opponent, Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, isn’t buying it.
