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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After last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for enacting new gun control measures in New York, which already has the strictest gun control measures in the nation. -
While New York codified the rights in Roe into state law three years ago, the amendment's sponsor says more protection is needed.
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Governor Kathy Hochul announced several steps to curb the growing number of extreme acts of violence motivated by racial hatred.
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Many New Yorkers are becoming sick with COVID even after being vaccinated and receiving one or even two booster shots.
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Hochul told reporters that she wants to expand the state’s existing ban on some assault weapons to include what are called AOWs, or any other weapon. She said some of these guns are functionally assault weapons.
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New York is set to hold a primary election for statewide offices, including governor and attorney general, as well as for state Assembly seats, on June 28. But primaries for congressional and state Senate seats will be held on August 23.
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The Assembly has a history of sexual harassment allegations.
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The governor said the funds will subsidize travel, lodging and other expenses associated with the procedure, to be used for people who live in states where abortion would be banned, if the Supreme Court strikes down Roe.
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New York Attorney General Letitia 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.
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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.
