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Public Radio 'Legend' Karen DeWitt Signing Off After 34 Years: ‘It’s Time To Go’ Public Radio 'Legend' Karen DeWitt Signing Off After 34 Years: ‘It’s Time To Go’
Public Radio 'Legend' Karen DeWitt Signing Off After 34 Years: ‘It’s Time To Go’ After more than three decades of covering New York State government and politics, public radio journalist Karen DeWitt is signing off. The longtime Capitol Bureau chief for the New York Public News Network will file her last story on Friday, June 21, she announced on X Tuesday, April 30. “Finally, I get to use this phrase: ‘Some personal news,’” DeWitt said. “It’s been a fabulous ride, but it’s time to go.” Since 1990, DeWitt has informed listeners on Albany affairs via the network's dozen public radio stations across the state, including WAMC in Albany, WLIW on Long Island, and WNYC in N…

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by Michael Mashburn
Politics
NY Congressman-Elect May Have Lied About Key Parts Of Resume, Report Says NY Congressman-Elect May Have Lied About Key Parts Of Resume, Report Says
NY Congressman-Elect May Have Lied About Key Parts Of Resume, Report Says A newly-elected Congressman from New York appears to have duped voters into backing him by lying about major parts of his resume, the New York Times reports.  Republican George Santos, who is set to represent the state’s 3rd Congressional District on Long Island’s North Shore and parts of Queens beginning in January 2023, may have lied about working as a “seasoned Wall Street financier and investor,” according to the outlet. Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, where Santos previously claimed to have worked, have no record of him, the New York Times reports. His supposed alma maters, Baruch Colleg…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Lawyer/Journalist From Fairfield County Suspended For Exposing Himself During Zoom Call Lawyer/Journalist From Fairfield County Suspended For Exposing Himself During Zoom Call
Lawyer/Journalist From Fairfield County Suspended For Exposing Himself During Zoom Call A prominent legal analyst at CNN and a New Yorker contributor, allegedly exposed himself to coworkers during a professional Zoom call last week. Jeffrey Toobin, who has a home in Sherman in Northern Fairfield County, has been suspended after exposing himself during a call with colleagues from The New Yorker and WNYC workers, according to Vice. “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera,” Toobin told Vice in a statement. “I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers. 
“I believed I was not visible on Zoom. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Area Native Richard Hake, Popular Radio Host, Dies Suddenly At 51 Area Native Richard Hake, Popular Radio Host, Dies Suddenly At 51
Area Native Richard Hake, Popular Radio Host, Dies Suddenly At 51 Hudson Valley native Richard Hake who helped wake up New York during his show on WNYC, the city's public radio station for more than 28 years, died suddenly on Friday, April 24, of natural causes. "It’s with a heavy heart that I write to inform you that our beloved colleague and friend Richard Hake passed away suddenly on Friday at home," said Goli Sheikholeslami, the chief executive of WNYC.  Hake, 51, a Carmel High School grad, died at his Manhattan home where he had been broadcasting his shows since the onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).  Know as a reporter, and p…

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by Kathy Reakes