Latest Fact-Checks By Marnique O. Panepento

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William Barclay
stated on March 7, 2023 in a tweet:

“A proposal in Syracuse would pay gang members $100-$200 per week to stay out of trouble.”

Mostly True

By Marnique O. Panepento • March 29, 2023

Elise Stefanik
stated on February 3, 2023 in a news release:

New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposes to “ban chocolate milk.”

Mostly True

By Cameron Carr, Marnique O. Panepento • March 8, 2023

Stanley Litow
stated on February 7, 2023 in a news release:

“Lifetime earnings of someone with a college degree is over a million dollars more than those entering the workforce without one.”

Mostly True

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 8, 2023

Lee Zeldin
stated on April 12, 2022 in a tweet:

“New York leads the U.S. in population loss.”

True

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • May 6, 2022

Claudia Tenney
stated on April 1, 2022 in a press release:

In 2021, “11,201 pounds of fentanyl were seized by Customs and Border Protection, which is enough to kill every American nearly seven times over.”

Mostly True

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • April 27, 2022

Sean Ryan
stated on March 3, 2022 in an op-ed:

“New York state has already lost 99% of its historic freshwater wetlands.”

Mostly False

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 29, 2022

Jamaal Bowman
stated on January 26, 2022 in a tweet:

“More white legacy students get admitted to top universities than Black & Latinx students admitted through affirmative action.”

Half-True

By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 7, 2022