Author: Ryan Kost
Ryan Kost
has 14.5% among authors.
BS Score: 1.7%.
Articles analyzed: 29.
Words analyzed: 79,999.
Analyzed articles
Gothamist
- By Ryan Kost, Catalina Gonella
- 7/2/2026, 10:30 AM
Indoctrination 14.6% - Biased Writer Voice 13.4% - Ambiguity (Equivocation) 11%
It’s the nation’s 250th birthday this weekend, and New York is celebrating the only way it knows how: by doing everything all at once. We’ve got tall ships in the harbor, a massive fireworks display overhead, a mystery event at Madison Square Garden (it’s probably Taylor Swift’s wedding), a World Cup game in New Jersey, and an intense... 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 Ryan Kost
- 6/14/2026, 3:31 PM
Negativity Bias 30.2% - Halo Effect 21.8% - Appeal to Authority 20.8%
Less than four months after a court-appointed manager took over key parts of the city's jail system, the correction officers' union is already fighting one of his first big hires: Sarena Townsend, a reformer who ran the department’s misconduct investigations until she was forced out four years ago. Townsend is returning to an expanded... more
Gothamist
- By Ryan Kost
- 6/13/2026, 2:18 PM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 19.7% - Framing Effect 12.6% - Negativity Bias 11.8%
Madison Square Garden will hold an outdoor watch party for Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night after last-minute drama led to the event’s cancellation for Game 4. Up to 3,000 ticketed fans will be allowed into Plaza33, just west of the Garden, for the Knicks-Spurs matchup, according to an MSG spokesperson. Registration, which is... more
Gothamist
- By Ryan Kost
- 6/6/2026, 5:04 PM
Negativity Bias 48.6% - Unattributed Quote 28.6% - Framing Effect 23.7%
A police officer was punched in the face and 26 people were arrested Friday night as a Knicks watch party outside Madison Square Garden turned chaotic, authorities said. An estimated 6,500 people gathered outside the arena to watch the game. Police say the crowd was rowdy from the start with two arrests before the game began. Things got... more
Gothamist
- By Ryan Kost
- 6/6/2026, 3:00 PM
Ambiguity (Equivocation) 54.6% - Framing Effect 31.7% - Appeal to Emotion 21.4%
If you were holding out hope of catching the New York Knicks play in the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden, it’s going to cost you. With the Knicks in the Finals for the first time since 1999, tickets were already in historic demand. Now that they’ve taken the first two games of the series, ticket prices at home are entering the... more
Gothamist
- By Ryan Kost
- 5/30/2026, 12:24 PM
Negativity Bias 22.5% - Appeal to Authority 19.8% - Anecdotal 14.1%
Police are investigating after groups of people were spotted entering and exiting two manholes on opposite ends of Brooklyn early Friday morning. In Gravesend, seven unidentified individuals entered the sewer system near McDonald Avenue and Colin Place at around 11 p.m. Thursday, according to the NYPD. They were seen leaving around 2... more
Gothamist
- By Ryan Kost
- 5/29/2026, 11:40 AM
Appeal to Authority 26.5% - Negativity Bias 26.2% - Attempt to Sell a Product or Service 24.7%
An early morning fire involving an Amtrak contractor maintenance vehicle is causing major disruptions to Friday’s commute in and out of Penn Station. The fire broke out just outside the Hudson River tunnels and caused damage to overhead wire and track infrastructure, according to NJ Transit and Amtrak. NJ Transit rail service between... more
Gothamist
- By Ryan Kost, Michael Sol Warren, Arya Sundaram
- 5/28/2026, 8:25 PM
Anecdotal 39.8% - Negativity Bias 37.7% - Appeal to Emotion 23.2%
Avocates and family members of detainees at the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark alleged Thursday afternoon guards had moved through units, beating people and using tear gas, as a detainee hunger strike continued for its seventh day. Gothamist witnessed multiple University Hospital ambulances arrive, each transporting... more
Gothamist
- By Ryan Kost
- 5/27/2026, 12:21 PM
Anecdotal 42.7% - Negativity Bias 17.3% - Availability Heuristic 14.3%
Federal authorities arrested two people late Tuesday outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, as another night of confrontations between ICE agents and demonstrators pushed the standoff into a sixth day. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the arrests in a post on X, saying ICE... more