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 says she’s made progress on combating crime, including illegal guns and car thefts. Her remarks come as members of Congress and the State Legislature are up for election and crime continues to be a public concern.
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They're trying to avoid a repeat of 2022 legal debacle over Congressional district lines. The bill was sponsored in the assembly by Syracuse-area Assemblymember Bill Magnarelli.
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The vote, led by Democrats, clears the way for petitioning for the June primaries that started on Tuesday.
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Democrats on Monday rejected maps approved by the state's bipartisan redistricting commission earlier in the month. Republicans say the new lines favor the other party.
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Democrats in the New York State Legislature today Monday rejected new congressional district maps drawn by a bipartisan redistricting commission. Republicans condemned the vote, saying Democrats are trying to gain political advantage.
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With control of the House of Representatives likely in the balance, Democrats who lead the Legislature have not signaled publicly what they intend to do.
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The debate is playing out in state budget negotiations. Gov. Hochul is proposing spending $2.4 billion to help house and feed some of the over 160,000 migrants who have entered New York during the past year.
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Republicans and Democrats were united in their opposition, calling the cuts "devastating."
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The bill would make New York only the second state in the nation, after California, to seek contracts with drug companies to make its own generic prescription drugs, including insulin, a drug that has sharply risen in price in recent years.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the measure, saying updating the definition is long overdue.