Mamdani wave: Lander, Valdez and Avila Chevalier win congressional primaries ^40.4%

Gothamist - By Jon Campbell, Elizabeth Kim, Brigid Bergin - 6/23/2026, 9:23 PM

Biased Writer Voice 24% - Negativity Bias 15.2% - Appeal to Emotion 12.5%

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s three endorsed candidates for Congress won their primaries on Tuesday, making a major show of political strength that sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party. State Assemblymember Claire Valdez and former City Comptroller Brad Lander cruised to victories on Primary Day, while community organizer Darializa... more

Mayor Mamdani faces political strength test with Tuesday’s congressional primaries ^38.6%

Gothamist - By Brigid Bergin - 6/22/2026, 5:34 PM

Negativity Bias 22.2% - Self-Serving Bias 12.6% - Framing Effect 12.3%

Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces the biggest test of his political power since taking office with Tuesday’s congressional primaries. Mamdani, a democratic socialist, has made endorsements in three high-stakes Democratic congressional races, seeking to expand his movement’s bench. If his preferred candidates win, he will have demonstrated that... more

South Bushwick church stood 173 years until devastating fire. Its leaders aim to rebuild. ^36.2%

Gothamist - By Brigid Bergin, Louis C. Hochman - 6/20/2026, 6:50 PM

Appeal to Authority 31.5% - Negativity Bias 16.7% - Appeal to Emotion 15.6%

Leaders of the 173-year-old South Bushwick Reformed Church said building officials are expected to determine this weekend whether they will need to level their parish, after a devastating fire Friday afternoon tore through the wood-frame worship hall and left the rectory water damaged. Fire department officials said the blaze started... more

NYC Democratic socialists look to ride Mamdani wave and expand ranks in Albany ^48.1%

Gothamist - By Walter Wuthmann, Brigid Bergin - 6/20/2026, 12:00 PM

Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.9% - Appeal to Emotion 11.5% - Optimism Bias 11%

Eight New York City democratic socialists are looking to maintain momentum from Mayor Zohran Mamdani's election and shift the balance of political power in Albany. The candidates include a public defender, a union organizer and a former PTA president, and all are running on a shared platform of fighting “against ICE, war and genocide,... more

How Big AI money is shaping the marquee Manhattan congressional primary ^25.3%

Gothamist - By Walter Wuthmann, Brigid Bergin - 6/16/2026, 10:30 AM

Anecdotal 15.8% - Framing Effect 14.6% - Availability Heuristic 12.4%

In the primary race for the Congressional seat representing the deep blue heart of Manhattan, Alex Bores is everywhere: on TV, in the mail, plastered across the front page of the community newspaper. The full-page ad on the front of the latest edition of the Upper East Side’s "Our Town" opposes the state lawmaker. An ad on the back... more

From insurgent to establishment: Rep. Espaillat reckons with uptown shift to the left ^47.7%

Gothamist - By Brigid Bergin - 6/4/2026, 10:00 AM

Negativity Bias 21.8% - Appeal to Emotion 14.8% - In-Group Bias 13%

Five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat is facing a serious primary fight in his uptown Manhattan and Bronx congressional district from newcomer Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist riding a wave of voter fury against the Democratic establishment. The unexpectedly tight race represents a role reversal for Espaillat, who a... more

What's Eric Adams up to now that he's not NYC's mayor? Becoming an Albanian citizen. ^23.2%

Gothamist - By Brigid Bergin - 4/10/2026, 6:26 PM

Negativity Bias 30.1% - Framing Effect 11.7% - Pessimism Bias 10.3%

Is Tirana the New York City of Albania? Adams may soon find out. Adams has been granted citizenship from the Balkan nation just 100 days after leaving office under a cloud of corruption and abysmal polling numbers. An official decree issued by Albanian President Bajram Begaj on Friday granted Adams citizenship "upon his request."... more

New York's first dead whale of 2026 washes up on Rockaway Beach ^0%

Gothamist - By Rosemary Misdary, Brigid Bergin - 3/26/2026, 6:01 PM

Availability Heuristic 7% - Confirmation Bias 6.5% - Overconfidence Bias 4.9%

Rockaway residents woke up to the putrid smell of decaying flesh as New York recorded its first whale fatality of the year. It's the second death of the year in New York Bight, which stretches from Montauk to Cape May, New Jersey, according to Atlantic Marine Conservation Society. On Wednesday night, a sei whale, approximately 30 to 40... more

Not like the rest of The Rock: Staten Island's redistricting fight centers on North Shore ^0%

Gothamist - By Brigid Bergin - 2/9/2026, 11:31 AM

A Congressional redistricting fight has residents of Staten Island’s North Shore wrestling with an existential debate over whether they have more in common with residents in Lower Manhattan than their neighbors south of the Expressway. Last month, a state Supreme Court judge ruled Black and Latino voters are disenfranchised by the... more