Author: David Brand
David Brand
has 11.6% among authors.
BS Score: 1.5%.
Articles analyzed: 22.
Words analyzed: 68,650.
Analyzed articles
Gothamist
- By David Brand, Elizabeth Shwe
- 6/30/2026, 10:00 AM
Appeal to Authority 14.2% - Appeal to Emotion 12% - Biased Writer Voice 11.1%
The New York City Rent Guidelines Board’s vote last week to freeze rents on about 1 million stabilized units is sparking a lot of opinions from some of the most high-profile people in the country. Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who campaigned on a pledge to “freeze the rent,” called the board’s decision an “historic victory” that will deliver... more
Gothamist
- By David Brand
- 6/29/2026, 9:44 PM
Biased Writer Voice 17.5% - Negativity Bias 14.3% - Unattributed Quote 12.9%
Developers behind the latest effort to build thousands of new apartments above and along Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards train tracks say they plan to break ground by 2028 – a quarter century after city and state officials first greenlit the long-stalled development. The project will cost an estimated $5 billion, with New York state chipping... more
Gothamist
- By David Brand
- 6/25/2026, 11:30 PM
Framing Effect 16% - Availability Heuristic 8.1% - Appeal to Emotion 4.2%
Tenants in about 1 million rent-stabilized apartments will not see their rents increase for the next two years after New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board approved a first-of-its-kind freeze at an annual hearing Thursday night. The 7-1 vote marks the first two-year rent freeze in the board’s history and fulfills a key campaign pledge... more
Gothamist
- By Caroline Lewis, David Brand, Christian Santana
- 6/13/2026, 11:38 PM
Biased Writer Voice 36% - Optimism Bias 29.2% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.6%
The Knicks are on the cusp of winning the NBA Championship after a decadeslong drought, and New Yorkers are fired up as they head to bars, cookouts and watch parties across the five boroughs. While Saturday's game is in San Antonio, crowds began to form outside Madison Square Garden by 1 p.m. Saturday, and anxious fans continued to queue... 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 David Brand
- 6/10/2026, 5:00 PM
Biased Writer Voice 26.7% - Negativity Bias 20.2% - Representativeness Heuristic 17.1%
New York City homes worth hundreds of millions of dollars are tangled in ownership disputes that make them susceptible to foreclosure, deed theft and other predatory real estate schemes each year, according to a new report released Wednesday. The analysis from the Center for NYC Neighborhoods found that roughly 350 “partition” lawsuits... more
Gothamist
- By David Brand
- 6/5/2026, 5:11 PM
Negativity Bias 18.2% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 15.7% - Appeal to Authority 15.6%
More than 57,000 rent-stabilized apartments were sitting empty as of April last year, according to a new tally compiled by the state. The figure was revealed in a letter that the state’s Division of Homes and Community Renewal sent to the city’s Rent Guidelines Board on Wednesday. Gothamist obtained a copy of the letter, which shows the... more
Gothamist
- By David Brand
- 5/26/2026, 2:00 PM
Appeal to Authority 13.5% - Optimism Bias 12.5% - Framing Effect 11.3%
It’s the dream of some New York City tenants to purchase their building from their absentee or financially distressed landlords and shift their stakes in the places from renters to owners. For a modest number of renters, the dream could come true under Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan, which he's set to release Tuesday morning.... more
Gothamist
- By David Brand, Jon Campbell
- 5/21/2026, 8:43 PM
Self-Serving Bias 15.2% - Availability Heuristic 13.9% - Negativity Bias 13.4%
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers are considering pledging $175 million to help developers build a platform over train tracks at the long-delayed Atlantic Yards project, according to five people with knowledge of the plan. The amount is half of what the project’s current developers, which include the firms Cirrus Real Estate... more
Gothamist
- By David Brand
- 5/20/2026, 10:31 AM
Framing Effect 32.3% - Optimism Bias 22.7% - Appeal to Authority 14.4%
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is targeting a wide swath of Brooklyn south of Prospect Park for his first neighborhood-level housing plan, with an eye toward the future Interborough Express light rail, officials told Gothamist Tuesday. The City Planning Commission is referring to its new initiative as the “South of Prospect Plan” and aims to... more