City Government Scorecard true 0% 34 Checks mostly true 0% 39 Checks half true 0% 48 Checks mostly false 0% 35 Checks false 0% 42 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 11 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for City Government Donald Trump stated on June 25, 2025 a Truth Social post New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist. By Amy Sherman, Ella Moore • June 26, 2025 Kelly Ayotte stated on September 12, 2024 an ad In Manchester, N.H., gubernatorial candidate Joyce Craig “pushed for a city sales tax. Then, Joyce Craig overrode the tax cap and tried to raise taxes six times.” By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2024 Scott Adams stated on March 8, 2023 a tweet The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was “an American intel op against Trump.” By Gabrielle Settles • March 10, 2023 Levar Stoney stated on October 26, 2022 a news conference. “I don’t get involved in the hiring and firing of police chiefs.” By Warren Fiske • November 2, 2022 Byron Brown stated on September 9, 2021 a debate “Three percent is not a modest tax increase, if you own a $100,000 home in the city of Buffalo, that means an extra $300 a year.” By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2021 George P. Bush stated on August 13, 2020 a tweet Says a video shared to his social media shows vehicles with broken windows in a parking garage used by state agencies in Texas on “the same night the City of Austin voted to cut $150 million” from the police department.” By Madlin Mekelburg • August 24, 2020 Levar Stoney stated on June 16, 2020 a news conference. On conducting a national search for a new Richmond police chief. By Warren Fiske • July 1, 2020 Jeanette Kowalik stated on June 14, 2020 an appearance on WISN-TV's "UpFront" "Our health department, our city and our county declared racism as a public health crisis last year.” By Lawrence Andrea • June 18, 2020 Donald Trump stated on March 2, 2020 a Tweet Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!” By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2020 Michael Bloomberg stated on January 30, 2020 a news release During his tenure as mayor of New York City, “street homelessness decreased by 28 percent.” By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 1, 2020 stated on November 20, 2019 a public forum Says since he took office, the City of Milwaukee has seen the creation of 7,000 new affordable housing units. By D.L. Davis • February 17, 2020 Michael Bloomberg stated on January 1, 2020 a television ad "Mayor Bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 percent, covering 700,000 more New Yorkers" By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020 Viral image stated on November 5, 2019 a Facebook post "These are real ads running in New York City calling for the removal of ‘trash’ which includes white people, Trump supporters, and Christians." November 6, 2019 Greg Abbott stated on October 10, 2019 a tweet "The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin." By Madlin Mekelburg • October 17, 2019 Roger Stone stated on September 28, 2018 a Facebook post As mayor of Newark, N.J., Cory Booker "stole $600,000 from a city water authority and laundered it through his law firm." By Daniel Funke • October 14, 2019 Donald Trump stated on October 7, 2019 a statement to the press Minneapolis "city government preemptively informed the Target Center that it would be responsible for $530,000 in security and other costs" related to a Trump rally, "more than 26 times the estimated security costs for a 2009 Target Center health care rally held by President Barack Obama." By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2019 Bill de Blasio stated on May 17, 2019 an interview "We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years." By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 10, 2019 Viral image stated on April 27, 2019 a Facebook post Says Bill de Blasio is "banning hot dog sales to stop climate change." May 7, 2019 stated on April 24, 2019 in a tweet Says one year ago, "no cities in the South had guaranteed paid sick days." By Madlin Mekelburg • May 3, 2019 Levar Stoney stated on March 6, 2019 On tax increases. 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