South Bushwick church stood 173 years until devastating fire. Its leaders aim to rebuild. ^36.3%

Gothamist - By Brigid Bergin, Louis C. Hochman - 6/20/2026, 6:50 PM

Appeal to Authority 31.5% - Negativity Bias 16.7% - Appeal to Emotion 15.6%

Leaders of the 173-year-old South Bushwick Reformed Church said building officials are expected to determine this weekend whether they will need to level their parish, after a devastating fire Friday afternoon tore through the wood-frame worship hall and left the rectory water damaged. Fire department officials said the blaze started... more

NJ AG: Protesters used fireworks, tear gas as State Police took over Delaney Hall crowds ^27.6%

Gothamist - By Louis C. Hochman - 5/30/2026, 12:56 PM

Framing Effect 25.7% - Unattributed Quote 25.1% - Confirmation Bias 22.6%

New Jersey’s attorney general says state police have “temporarily cleared” the area in front of the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark after protesters deployed fireworks and threw gas canisters at law enforcement late Friday night — just hours after the state’s governor announced state police would establish a “peaceful... more

NJ senator pepper-sprayed with protestors outside Delaney Hall immigrant center in Newark ^42.4%

Gothamist - By Louis C. Hochman - 5/26/2026, 12:25 PM

Negativity Bias 51.9% - Appeal to Authority 24.3% - Confirmation Bias 22.7%

ICE agents pepper-sprayed protesters, pushed demonstrators back with batons and used an armed vehicle to deter the crowd amid continuing clashes outside the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark yesterday, according to local officials and video from the scene. Video and photos posted by NJ.com show Sen. Andy Kim’s eyes being washed out... more

Hectic 5-way Brooklyn intersection where bus fatally struck boy has no crosswalk markings ^80.8%

Gothamist - By Ryan Kost, Louis C. Hochman - 5/1/2026, 7:41 PM

Negativity Bias 19.2% - Availability Heuristic 17.4% - Appeal to Emotion 16.4%

The busy five-way Williamsburg intersection where a 9-year-old boy was killed by the driver of a school bus Friday morning lacked crosswalk markings at the time of the tragedy, prompting one city councilmember to make an urgent call for safety improvements. The bustling junction of Lee Avenue, Lorimer Street and Wallabout Street... more

NYPD says one gunman shot and in custody, a second on the loose after Harlem violence ^0%

Gothamist - By Louis C. Hochman - 4/25/2026, 2:54 AM

Halo Effect 10.8% - Appeal to Emotion 10.8% - Framing Effect 5.5%

Police say a man is hospitalized with several gunshot wounds and his alleged attacker is in custody with a gunshot wound of his own after a chaotic series of events near 125th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Harlem Friday night. Police said they’re still searching for a second shooter. During a media briefing late Friday, the NYPD said it... more

16-year-old boy dies after fall near Bushwick Inlet Park, police say ^0%

Gothamist - By Louis C. Hochman - 3/21/2026, 12:26 AM

Police say a 16-year-old boy died Friday after falling from an elevated position near Bushwick Inlet Park. The NYPD said officers responded to a 911 call at North 10 Street and Kent Avenue around 1:15 p.m., and found the teen unconscious and unresponsive. EMS took the boy to Bellevue hospital in critical condition, and he was pronounced... more

Feds say ICE detention center coming to Roxbury, NJ after days of contradictions ^0%

Gothamist - By Louis C. Hochman, Mike Hayes, Michael Sol Warren - 2/21/2026, 12:36 AM

Local and federal officials now say U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has in fact purchased a property in Roxbury, New Jersey to use for detention — after days of confusing and outright contradictory statements by the Department of Homeland Security. Roxbury Township’s all-Republican governing body said in a statement Friday it... more