AM New York media bias and reliability
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place AM New York as leaning left. We have seen it on 17 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is AM New York biased?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place AM New York as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is AM New York left or right?
Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place AM New York as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is AM New York reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for AM New York are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What AM New York has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with AM New York’s own report linked underneath.
Polls have opened across the United States for midterm elections, with a potential 'Blue Wave' threatening Republican control of Congress. President Trump made a final campaign address as his approval ratings hover near a record low.
AM New York reported it asNYC early voting surges nearly 60% from last governor’s race (opens AM New York in a new tab)
Democrats hope midterm elections will curb President Trump's power, but Canadians may be disappointed as bilateral tensions are likely to remain. Experts point to persistent protectionist policies and potential presidential unpredictability as reasons for continued strain.
AM New York reported it asNYC early voting surges nearly 60% from last governor’s race (opens AM New York in a new tab)
Donald Trump has acknowledged that the war with Iran, alongside the cost of living, played a role in the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm elections. The conflict's financial toll was also noted.
AM New York reported it asNYC early voting surges nearly 60% from last governor’s race (opens AM New York in a new tab)
A 15-year-old immigrant from Ghana was shot and killed in the Bronx. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated that President Donald Trump has agreed to grant a visa to the victim's mother.
AM New York reported it asMother of slain Bronx boy granted visa from President Trump, says Mamdani (opens AM New York in a new tab)
175 House Democrats have sent a letter to federal officials demanding an end to the investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar's immigration history. They argue the probe is a partisan attack and an attempt to influence her re-election bid.
AM New York reported it asOp-Ed | What voters actually want: Their votes counted, their rights defended (opens AM New York in a new tab)
On 20 Oct 2026 federal, state and local agents raided adult day‑care centres across New York City, citing a joint Medicaid‑fraud investigation. Governor Kathy Hochul and CMS administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz linked the operation to alleged illegal billing, while reports differ on whether two or more than a hundred sites were searched.
AM New York reported it asRAID DAY: Federal agents hit NYC adult day care centers in Medicaid fraud crackdown (opens AM New York in a new tab)
A shooting occurred on a northbound E train at a Manhattan subway station on Saturday, October 17, 2026. One man was critically injured, and subway services were disrupted.
AM New York reported it asMidtown subway shooting: Desperate search for gunman who killed man during argument on platform (opens AM New York in a new tab)
Lawyers for Oscar Belgal filed a petition in Brooklyn federal court alleging an ICE officer fired into his car without warning while his son was present. DHS officials claim officers fired after Belgal rammed government vehicles.
AM New York reported it asNew York County Lawyers Association president condemns Marble Hill ICE shooting as possible violation of U.S. Constitution (opens AM New York in a new tab)
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar announced she will move out of her D.C. residence after federal agents conducted a four‑to‑five‑hour search, seized 17 items and sparked safety concerns. The raid is linked to a fraud probe into her family’s immigration records.
AM New York reported it asAOC, Jeffries and other New York pols condemn Trump Homeland Security raid on Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home (opens AM New York in a new tab)
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a coalition of Democratic-led cities and states have filed a lawsuit challenging a new Trump administration rule. The rule would allow immigration officials to deny green cards and visas to immigrants who use public benefits.
AM New York reported it as‘Cruelty is the point’: NYC, NY AG challenge Trump rule expanding ‘public charge’ test for green cards (opens AM New York in a new tab)
Police shot and killed a man on the Brooklyn Bridge early Friday after he climbed the cables, brandished a knife, and moved towards officers. The man had claimed he had a bomb and wanted to die.
AM New York reported it asBREAKING: Cops shoot knife-wielding man on Brooklyn Bridge (opens AM New York in a new tab)
ICE officer Christian Castro has been federally charged with making false statements about the January shooting of Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis. Federal authorities had initially accused Sosa-Celis of assaulting an officer, but dropped charges after video evidence emerged.
AM New York reported it asICE agent appears to point gun at person filming him in Queens (opens AM New York in a new tab)
A federal judge has blocked New York's law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay $75 billion over 25 years for climate change damages. The judge found the state law conflicted with federal authority, particularly the Clean Air Act.
AM New York reported it asNY federal judge strikes down state law that would have made fossil fuel companies pay $75 billion for climate change effects (opens AM New York in a new tab)
Operation Rotten Apple, a federal immigration enforcement initiative, resulted in the detention of over 2,100 migrants in New York. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the operation's findings, criticizing state and city politicians for sanctuary policies.
AM New York reported it asMullin disparages New York as a ‘crime-ridden city’ while threatening surge of more ICE agents to arrest immigrants (opens AM New York in a new tab)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has cancelled its planned 2027 Met Gala exhibition featuring designer John Galliano. The decision follows significant backlash over the designer's past antisemitic and racist comments.
AM New York reported it asMenin applauds Met’s decision to cancel Galliano exhibit amid antisemitism concerns (opens AM New York in a new tab)
A New York appellate judge lifted a temporary restraining order, allowing New York City to proceed with its pied-à-terre tax rollout while a lawsuit from homeowners challenging the process continues. The tax, championed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has drawn opposition from President Donald Trump and legal scrutiny over its implementation.
AM New York reported it asAppeals court says NYC can continue rolling out pied-a-terre tax, at least through August (opens AM New York in a new tab)
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani met privately with 10 rabbis to discuss antisemitism and his rhetoric on Israel. Jewish leaders expressed concerns about his language, while Mamdani’s office called the meeting productive. A poll found 66% of Jewish New Yorkers disapprove of him.
AM New York reported it asRabbis say Mamdani listened to them. Now they’re waiting on his plan to fight antisemitism. (opens AM New York in a new tab)
Who says so
2 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Schneps MediaMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 17
- Reports listed
- 17
- We could read
- 6
- First seen
- 13 August 2026
11 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 6 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 8 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and AM New York ran the story anyway.
Across the 17 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of AM New York: its report arrived a median of 22 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 12 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 9 November 2026. Ratings pulled 13 October 2026.
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