Author: Brittany Kriegstein
Brittany Kriegstein
has 17.1% among authors.
BS Score: 1.8%.
Articles analyzed: 23.
Words analyzed: 45,842.
Analyzed articles
Gothamist
- By Ryan Kost, Brittany Kriegstein, Elizabeth Kim
- 6/18/2026, 11:18 AM
Biased Writer Voice 33.3% - Halo Effect 12.8% - Optimism Bias 10.8%
For more than half a century, New York waited for a Knicks championship. On Thursday, the drought ends in confetti and a trip down the Canyon of Heroes in what may be the largest parade in the city’s history. The Knicks, NBA champions for the first time since 1973, will roll up Broadway in their first-ever ticker-tape parade in front of... more
Gothamist
- By Brittany Kriegstein
- 6/17/2026, 12:32 PM
Negativity Bias 27.4% - Burden of Proof 14.3% - Availability Heuristic 12.3%
One of the most chilling murder cases in New York history is expected to end today as Rex Heuermann — the architect who pleaded guilty to killing eight women and scattering their bodies in sandy stretches of Suffolk County — faces sentencing in a Long Island courtroom. Heuermann, 62, is expected to receive three life sentences without... more
Gothamist
- By Caroline Lewis, Brittany Kriegstein, Stephen Nessen, Arun Venugopal, David Brand
- 6/13/2026, 11:29 PM
Negativity Bias 30.1% - Biased Writer Voice 28.8% - Hasty Generalization 22.4%
New York City is rejoicing Saturday night after the New York Knicks claimed their first NBA championship since 1973 — and set off a street party like no other in the five boroughs, five decades in the making. The Knicks' 94 to 90, come-from-behind win over the San Antonio Spurs in Texas marked the culmination of a two-month playoff run... more
Gothamist
- By Brittany Kriegstein
- 6/12/2026, 1:54 PM
Negativity Bias 37.8% - Anchoring Bias 17.6% - Appeal to Authority 12.2%
A 17-year-old boy was briefly in a coma after he was assaulted Wednesday night near Madison Square Garden as fans gathered following a Knicks win, NYPD officials said. Police said the incident happened around 11:45 p.m. in front of a building on West 35th Street and Eighth Avenue in Midtown — just two blocks from the arena where the... more
Gothamist
- By Brittany Kriegstein
- 6/12/2026, 12:44 PM
Appeal to Authority 51.1% - Unattributed Quote 34.7% - Negativity Bias 14.3%
The New York City area is facing another day of heat, humidity and potential severe thunderstorms to end the week, according to meteorologists. Friday’s forecast is similar to Thursday’s – a muggy day where temperatures will hover in the low 90s, with humidity that will make it feel closer to 100. The National Weather Service still has a... more
Gothamist
- By Brittany Kriegstein
- 6/11/2026, 6:01 PM
Biased Writer Voice 25.3% - Appeal to Emotion 19.9% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 11.2%
The only thing commanding sorrow at Sparrow Funeral Home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Wednesday night was the Knicks’ score for most of Game 4 of the NBA Finals. About 100 people were glued to two giant screens in rooms usually reserved for celebrating the dead, where they munched on Knicks-colored snacks (Cheetos and lollipops) and sipped... more
Gothamist
- By Brittany Kriegstein
- 6/5/2026, 6:41 PM
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 27.1% - Optimism Bias 25.5% - Appeal to Emotion 19.2%
Families of people who’ve been missing for long periods say each day can feel like an endless wait for answers. And for police working missing persons cases, the challenge is piecing together fading clues from years past before they vanish. That’s why the city’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner each year gives families the... more
Gothamist
- By Brittany Kriegstein
- 6/4/2026, 12:23 PM
Biased Writer Voice 41.6% - Appeal to Authority 32.5% - Optimism Bias 29%
New Yorkers in all corners of the city had a ball Wednesday night as the Knicks clinched a win in Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs. Even though the players were on the Spurs’ home turf in Texas, throngs of fans outside Madison Square Garden would have made any tourist think otherwise. The festivities were largely... more
Gothamist
- By Brittany Kriegstein
- 5/19/2026, 5:08 PM
Appeal to Authority 33.7% - Negativity Bias 32.5% - Framing Effect 6%
Police are investigating the deaths of two men under suspicious circumstances in or near city parks — one in Queens and the other in the Bronx — NYPD officials said Tuesday. Officials said the deaths do not appear related and have not been ruled homicides. Officers responded to the first incident just before 5 p.m. Monday inside Kissena... more
Gothamist
- By Brittany Kriegstein
- 5/19/2026, 11:48 AM
Appeal to Emotion 20% - Negativity Bias 18.3% - Appeal to Authority 14.8%
A woman died after falling about 10 feet down an open Con Edison manhole in Midtown on Monday night, NYPD officials said. Police said the 56-year-old appeared to have parked her car near the corner of Fifth Avenue and East 52nd Street, got out and plummeted down the manhole. Officers were called to the scene around 11:15 p.m. and found... more