Author: Elizabeth Kim
Elizabeth Kim
has 27% among authors.
BS Score: 2.1%.
Articles analyzed: 17.
Words analyzed: 46,537.
Analyzed articles
Gothamist
- By Elizabeth Kim
- 7/2/2026, 11:30 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 15% - Confirmation Bias 14.4% - In-Group Bias 13.9%
Within a month, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has defended a plan to hire more police officers and then backed away from it. The reversal, which came during budget negotiations, saw the democratic socialist mayor addressing the demands of governing while also soothing left-wing allies who sought to apply political pressure on him. That balancing... more
Gothamist
- By Liam Quigley, Elizabeth Kim
- 6/25/2026, 1:00 PM
Negativity Bias 34.1% - Unattributed Quote 30.4% - Framing Effect 24.5%
Dozens of community groups sent Mayor Zohran Mamdani a letter on Thursday calling for him to scale back the NYPD’s crackdown on low-level offenses. The groups, largely made up of criminal justice advocates, criticized Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s focus on “quality of life” arrests, arguing the approach criminalizes poverty. The... more
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
Gothamist
- By Elizabeth Kim
- 6/19/2026, 3:22 PM
Framing Effect 11.4% - Status Quo Bias 6.5% - Anchoring Bias 6.3%
Police fatally shot a Brooklyn man during a shootout Friday morning after he barricaded himself in Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone and fired several rounds that wounded an NYPD officer, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. The alleged gunman, Lamin Simmons, 48, died after being hospitalized, according to Tisch. The officer who was shot,... more
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 Elizabeth Kim
- 6/12/2026, 5:04 PM
Optimism Bias 20.4% - Hasty Generalization 14.3% - Anecdotal 12.2%
New Yorkers, elated over a magical sports season, camped out in huge numbers Friday for $50 World Cup jerseys representing New York City. The line at the CityStore near City Hall snaked all the way past a federal court building and down Pearl Street. The first person in line, Chris Pichardo, 26, said he’d arrived at 1 a.m. City officials... more
Gothamist
- By Elizabeth Kim
- 5/26/2026, 10:01 AM
Negativity Bias 26.6% - Appeal to Authority 14.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.2%
A surge of police officers into neighborhoods of color with high crime. A spike in subway arrests and summonses. Courts so backlogged that officials had to temporarily reopen an emergency overnight shift. And at least three people who died in NYPD custody after being arrested for low-level offenses. Public defenders and police reform... more
Gothamist
- By Walter Wuthmann, Elizabeth Kim
- 5/18/2026, 7:00 PM
Biased Writer Voice 21.3% - Optimism Bias 15.6% - Appeal to Authority 12%
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has marched with striking nurses and Starbucks baristas — but he won't be joining Long Island Rail Road workers on the picket line. Mamdani told reporters Monday he would not visit the picket line, but remains “hopeful that both sides will be able to reach a fair deal for the workers that ensure that... more
Gothamist
- By Elizabeth Kim, Arya Sundaram, Ben Feuerherd
- 5/4/2026, 5:14 PM
Negativity Bias 17.6% - Framing Effect 8.6% - Begging the Question 7.2%
Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the immigration enforcement that led to a tense standoff between New Yorkers, the NYPD and federal immigration agents outside of a Brooklyn hospital Saturday night. The mayor said the NYPD did not coordinate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the agency's civil enforcement, and that police... more
Gothamist
- By Elizabeth Kim
- 4/24/2026, 8:15 PM
Negativity Bias 21.1% - Appeal to Emotion 18.1% - Halo Effect 12.8%
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's video celebrating the pied-à-terre tax plan outside a prominent billionaire’s Central Park South home is sparking a backlash from members of New York City’s business community who say the mayor went too far in an era of increasing political violence. Kathy Wylde, a longtime power broker between City Hall and... more