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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Governor Kathy Hochul issued a public apology for a state policy that required nursing homes to take covid-positive residents back from the hospital at the height of the pandemic. -
A new Marist Poll shows Governor Kathy Hochul has a 55% approval rating.
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State's Ethics Commission Votes To Investigate Itself Over Approval Of Former Gov. Cuomo's Book DealThe state ethics panel voted Tuesday to open an independent investigation of how the panel approved a $5 million book deal for former Governor Andrew Cuomo. The deal has been the subject of a probe by the state’s attorney general as well as federal investigators.
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The leader of the state’s Democratic Party is personally endorsing Governor Kathy Hochul for election in the June 2022 Democratic Primary and the general election, next November. And he’s asking other potential candidates who have expressed in interest in challenging Hochul to hold off for now, saying multiple candidates competing in a primary could be chaotic and harmful to the party’s chance of winning next year.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul will likely face at least one opponent in the June 2022 Democratic primary.
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Governor Kathy Hochul says the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for hospital workers has not caused any major crises in the first three days of the requirement. But she says there are still staffing shortages and ongoing court action that create uncertainty.
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Governor Kathy Hochul has chosen Mary Bassett to lead the State’s Health Department.
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The National Guard and healthcare workers from other states and countries will help staff hospitals who lose staff due to the vaccination mandate.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered her first address to the state’s Business Council at the Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing.
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Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said business owners could see up to a 9% increase in unemployment insurance fees because the UI fund is running a deficit.
