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Gothamist

American news and culture website

Fact-Checks

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Nov 14, 2025
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What causes delays in HUD payments to Section 8 landlords?

Delays in HUD’s Section 8 payments to landlords are driven by a mix of technical, administrative and funding factors that vary by locality: recent reporting points to HUD system outages and timing mis...

Jan 14, 2026
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What did The New York Times’ reporting allege about the podiatrist who wrote Trump’s deferment letter?

The New York Times reported that a Queens podiatrist, Dr. Larry Braunstein, may have provided the heel‑spur diagnosis and supporting paperwork that produced one of Donald Trump’s Vietnam‑era medical d...

Nov 22, 2025
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What bills has Zohran Mamdani sponsored or co-sponsored in the New York State Assembly?

Zohran Mamdani’s legislative record in the New York State Assembly is reported differently across outlets, but the available sources agree he has been the lead sponsor of roughly 20–21 bills and the c...

Oct 13, 2025

Can minors be detained with their parents during ICE raids?

The available reporting shows , but the materials provided do not contain a definitive, single-source law or policy statement that says minors are routinely detained together with their parents during...

Feb 5, 2026

How did fact-checkers determine the NYPD–ICE arrest video was AI-generated?

Fact‑checkers concluded the viral – arrest clip was by tracing its origin to a account that openly posted synthetic content, identifying platform and visual artifacts consistent with generative-video ...

Feb 4, 2026

Did zorin Mamdani visit attacker of NY police officer

Yes — Zohran Mamdani visited who advanced on with a kitchen knife during in Queens and was shot, with multiple outlets reporting Mamdani spoke with Chakraborty and his family and saw body‑cam footage ...

Feb 2, 2026

What court records exist for Stanley Richards’s 1980s robbery conviction and where can they be accessed?

Reporting uniformly states that was convicted of robbery in the late 1980s and served time on and in state prison, but none of the supplied articles produce or point to contemporaneous court dockets, ...

Nov 21, 2025

Which committees did Zohran Mamdani serve on and what bills did he sponsor or co-sponsor?

Zohran Mamdani served in the New York State Assembly representing District 36 from January 2021 and is the subject of reporting summarizing his legislative record: outlets say he was lead sponsor of r...

Nov 21, 2025

90 percent of new york city judges vote democrat

Available reporting does not support a simple claim that “90 percent of New York City judges vote Democrat.” Coverage shows that many municipal judicial contests in NYC are dominated by Democrats (lar...

Nov 6, 2025

Was there a spike in NYC voter registrations around October 2025 and what caused it?

A clear increase in New York City voter registrations occurred during 2025, with multiple outlets reporting unusually high registration activity that contributed to record turnout in the mayoral cycle...