Karen DeWitt
Karen 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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Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor in 2022 who lost to Governor Kathy Hochul, is back, with a critique of how the new governor has conducted herself so far. -
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Her $227 billion spending plan also raises taxes on cigarettes and increases state fair admission and parking prices.
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After arguments and statements from both parties, opposing views on the 2019 bail reform laws and the data gaps in the system have resulted in an inconclusive hearing.
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Legislative leaders remain reluctant to make more changes without better data on the law's true effects.
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It comes two days after the 50th anniversary of the landmark US Supreme Court abortion rights decision Roe v Wade, which was overturned last year.
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The latest Siena College poll shows a majority of New York voters appear to back Hochul’s 2023 goals, including, making more changes to the state’s controversial bail reform laws.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul is deciding whether to press forward with legal action after a state Senate committee rejected her choice for chief judge of the state.
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The vote is seen as a political blow to Gov. Kathy Hochul, who nominated LaSalle. Hochul is calling for another vote on the senate floor.
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Hector LaSalle would be the first Latino chief judge in New York, but he currently does not have the votes among Democrats to be confirmed.
