Karen DeWitt
Capitol Bureau chiefKaren DeWitt is Capitol Bureau chief for the New York Public News Network, composed of a dozen newsrooms across the 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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New York legislators are beginning what they hope is the final stretch to accord on a state budget before it’s due at the end of the month.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to raise criminal penalties for anyone who assaults a store employee. Democrats in the Legislature say they'd rather focus more closely on repeat offenders.
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Some state lawmakers want to take health insurance companies out of the business of providing home health care. They say it’s a failed experiment that’s costing the state too much money that could better go to directly paying for that care.
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The Assembly and Senate want to restore Gov. Kathy Hochul's reductions to school aid, embark on an ambitious affordable housing program, and raise taxes on the rich.
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The proposal is part of the Senate's one house budget plan, which lawmakers will use as a basis of negotiating a final budget with Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to cut $1.2 billion from a home health care program known as consumer-directed care. People who rely on it are objecting.
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New York’s Assembly and Senate are expected to release their own budget plans early next week.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget director defended her proposed reductions to the state’s schools, but left the door open to restoring those cuts, now that new numbers show New York’s revenues are up by $1.3 billion.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul, in a congressional election year where crime remains a concern, touted her achievements that she says has helped bring down the crime rate.
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When Democrats in the New York State Legislature approved the new congressional district lines, they also OK'd legislation to limit the practice of "judge shopping" when someone wants to file suit in a redistricting challenge.