Author: Jon Campbell
Jon Campbell
has 8.6% among authors.
BS Score: 1.4%.
Articles analyzed: 16.
Words analyzed: 55,172.
Analyzed articles
Gothamist
- By Jon Campbell, Walter Wuthmann
- 6/24/2026, 2:15 AM
Framing Effect 25.9% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 19.9% - Fundamental Attribution Error 10.3%
Micah Lasher won the eight-way Democratic primary to represent New York’s 12th Congressional District on Tuesday, outpacing the crowded field in a race that saw the giants of the artificial intelligence industry spend tens of millions of dollars trying to influence the outcome. Lasher’s victory over Assemblymember Alex Bores, Kennedy... 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 Jon Campbell
- 6/6/2026, 12:42 PM
Negativity Bias 21.3% - Appeal to Emotion 19.5% - Hasty Generalization 13.4%
Businesses would be prohibited from using personal data to tailor prices to individual customers in New York under a newly passed bill meant to crack down on a practice critics have called “surveillance pricing.” The state Assembly, however, declined to vote on companion legislation that would’ve also banned electronic price labels from... more
Gothamist
- By Jimmy Vielkind, Jon Campbell
- 5/30/2026, 5:19 PM
Negativity Bias 16.3% - Framing Effect 16.3% - Biased Writer Voice 11.1%
Entering the national redistricting wars, considering new rules for pricing goods and reviewing ticket-scalping laws are on the agenda in Albany as New York state lawmakers convene for their final week. The annual legislative session is scheduled to end Thursday, but lawmakers acknowledged it may stretch into Friday. Many members of the... more
Gothamist
- By Jon Campbell
- 5/29/2026, 4:25 PM
Negativity Bias 19.5% - Biased Writer Voice 12.1% - Appeal to Emotion 11.4%
The line formed mere moments after the New York State Senate put the finishing touches on a $268.5 billion budget late Wednesday, snaking from an ornate antechamber into the lobby nearby. It was just about midnight, and dozens of state senators — Democrats and Republicans, newcomers and veterans, back benchers and leaders — inched their... more
Gothamist
- By Jon Campbell
- 5/22/2026, 6:07 PM
Halo Effect 11.1% - Biased Writer Voice 9.1% - Overconfidence Bias 5.7%
A New York City man spent six hours stuck in a small crevice inside a dark, bat-filled cave in upstate New York before a rescue team was able to drill him free earlier this week, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The Brooklyn resident got trapped Sunday evening in a small opening between rocks inside a... 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 Caroline Lewis, Jon Campbell
- 5/19/2026, 10:31 AM
Pessimism Bias 15.6% - Hasty Generalization 15% - Appeal to Emotion 13.2%
A last-ditch effort to prevent hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers from losing their publicly funded health insurance is facing an uphill battle in Albany. A group of Democratic lawmakers is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to put up state funds to preserve coverage for some 450,000 New Yorkers who are slated to get kicked off the insurance... more
Gothamist
- By Jon Campbell, Jimmy Vielkind
- 5/12/2026, 7:55 PM
Negativity Bias 18.2% - Biased Writer Voice 11.8% - Self-Serving Bias 10.9%
A New York state judge cleared the way for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman to receive up to $3.5 million in public matching funds that Republican leaders are hoping will provide a jolt to his campaign against Gov. Kathy Hochul. State Supreme Court Justice Denise Hartman’s ruling Tuesday marks a decisive victory for... more
Gothamist
- By Jon Campbell
- 5/11/2026, 10:30 AM
Appeal to Authority 20.1% - Negativity Bias 16.2% - Appeal to Emotion 14.9%
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is poised to win a significant rollback of New York’s landmark 2019 climate law, leaving environmentalists furious with a governor they once considered a major ally in the battle against climate change. Hochul, a Democrat, spent months urging state lawmakers to scale back New York’s nation-leading climate... more