Author: Liam Quigley
Liam Quigley
has 18% among authors.
BS Score: 1.8%.
Articles analyzed: 16.
Words analyzed: 34,790.
Analyzed articles
Gothamist
- By Liam Quigley
- 6/26/2026, 6:40 PM
Negativity Bias 15.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 12.8% - Loss Aversion 8.9%
New Yorkers eager to take a dip in one of the city’s public pools last summer were repeatedly kept waiting by police officers who failed to show up to their shifts on time, according to data shared by the parks department. A decades-old city policy requires NYPD officers to be in place before the parks department can let swimmers into... 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 Liam Quigley
- 6/24/2026, 10:30 AM
Optimism Bias 6.9% - Framing Effect 6.7% - Recency Bias 6.2%
A long-abandoned building on one of New York City’s most popular beachfronts is set to begin reopening as a private club and hotel next month after an $88 million renovation that dragged on for nearly a decade. The Jacob Riis Bathhouse, which was built in 1932 by then-city Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, sat empty and dilapidated for... more
Gothamist
- By Liam Quigley
- 6/22/2026, 7:26 PM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 22.8% - Biased Writer Voice 17.6% - Appeal to Emotion 16%
The Knicks ran up the score on New York City's transit system after the team won the NBA Finals earlier this month. Millions flooded streets across the five boroughs on Saturday, June 13 to watch the championship-clinching game — and many stayed out partying all night after the Knicks won. NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow on... more
Gothamist
- By Liam Quigley
- 6/18/2026, 7:42 PM
Negativity Bias 25.6% - Self-Serving Bias 14.3% - Availability Heuristic 13.9%
The death of a teenage tourist who fell out of a runaway horse carriage in Central Park on Wednesday may spell the end of the industry altogether, according to several city lawmakers. Citing the tragedy, City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Thursday announced plans to hold a hearing on legislation to ban the iconic carriages from the... more
Gothamist
- By Liam Quigley
- 6/17/2026, 8:58 PM
Framing Effect 9.7% - Availability Heuristic 7.2% - Hasty Generalization 7.2%
A spooked horse broke free from its driver in Central Park Wednesday and smashed into another horse-drawn carriage, killing an 18-year-old passenger, officials said. The animal took off around 3 p.m. before crashing near Tavern on the Green, according to witnesses at the scene. A police spokesperson said the male passenger was taken to... more
Gothamist
- By Liam Quigley
- 6/2/2026, 10:01 AM
Anecdotal 25% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 19.3% - Negativity Bias 19.2%
A flock of decapitated chickens scattered behind the Prospect Park Zoo. A rotting carcass of an unknown animal festering in standing water near the Picnic House. A dead cat, burned and covered in a mysterious purple liquid. Dead dogs in cardboard boxes. Visitors to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park are reporting dead animals in increasing... more
Gothamist
- By Liam Quigley
- 5/9/2026, 12:47 AM
Negativity Bias 32.7% - Appeal to Emotion 23.5% - Appeal to Authority 16.2%
A large piece of debris fell from the ceiling of a tunnel on the busy Trans-Manhattan Expressway Thursday morning, narrowly missing passing drivers in harrowing a caught-on-camera episode. City Department of Environmental Protection worker John Toledo said he was on his way home from work at about 6 a.m. when a large piece of what he... more
Gothamist
- By Liam Quigley
- 4/17/2026, 12:41 PM
Optimism Bias 12% - Appeal to Authority 8.3% - Framing Effect 6.7%
Large trash bins will soon dot the curb across New York City, replacing piles of garbage bags that have blocked sidewalks for decades. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Friday that the city will roll out the Spanish-made Empire Bins for the first time in the Bronx, Staten Island and Queens, and expand their use in Manhattan and Brooklyn, by the... more
Gothamist
- By Liam Quigley
- 4/13/2026, 4:44 PM
Framing Effect 10.7% - Appeal to Emotion 9.5% - Optimism Bias 7.5%
The city transportation department plans to ban cars from the southern edge of Grand Army Plaza in a move that will connect the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch directly to Prospect Park, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday. The change, which advocates have demanded for years, won’t entirely eliminate traffic from the circle around... more