Latest Fact-Checks In City Budget

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Eric Adams
Eric Adams
stated on January 7, 2023 a radio interview
“Fifty-one percent of our taxes are paid by 2% of New Yorkers.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 24, 2023
Robert Reich
Robert Reich
stated on November 24, 2021 a tweet
“Norway spends about $30,000 per child on early childhood care, Finland spends $23,000, Germany $18,000” and the U.S. $500.
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December 11, 2021
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 14, 2019 a radio interview.
"Richmond was one of the only cities in the state that did not (increase) their real estate tax to those pre-recession rates."
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By Warren Fiske • May 21, 2019
Paul Vallas
Paul Vallas
stated on December 31, 2018 a radio interview
"I took over the school district when it had a $1 billion structural deficit and left them with $1 billion in cash and 70,000 more students than they have today."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 6, 2019
Ja'Mal Green
Ja'Mal Green
stated on April 24, 2018 a radio interview
Under Rahm Emanuel, "We’ve got tree trimmers making six figures."
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 1, 2018
Charles Francis
Charles Francis
stated on October 20, 2017 in a televised debate
"There are parks in Southeast Raleigh that still don’t have air conditioning in the gym"
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By Paul Specht • October 25, 2017
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on November 18, 2016 a WNYC interview
On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand."  
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By Miriam Valverde • December 1, 2016
stated on September 22, 2015 a speech
Every general City of Milwaukee employee "pays toward his or her pension, but approximately 88 percent of our police officers and firefighters do not."  
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September 30, 2015
Don Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman
stated on September 1, 2015 an Austin City Council meeting
Salaries of Austin residents who don't work for city government "have not been going up 3 percent a year for the last several years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2015
Anonymous Activist
Anonymous Activist
stated on May 19, 2015 yard signs posted anonymously opposing a proposed office park redevelopment in Northwest Austin
"500 percent more traffic here?"
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 9, 2015
American LeadHERship PAC
American LeadHERship PAC
stated on October 8, 2014 a TV commercial
"As mayor, [Allan Fung] raised taxes three times."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2014
Jay Wiley
Jay Wiley
stated on September 15, 2014 an Austin City Council candidate forum
Austin has "over 1,000 city employees that make six-figure salaries."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 25, 2014
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on September 3, 2014 a campaign web page
"57% of the jobs created" in Austin "from 2009 to 2013 do not pay families a living wage."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 17, 2014
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on May 30, 2014 a radio interview
"In the city of Milwaukee, we’ve still got a mayor and a police chief who are furloughing police officers at a time when we have violence all across the city."
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By James B. Nelson • June 11, 2014
Daniel Harrop
Daniel Harrop
stated on December 15, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's Newsmakers
"We see a quarter-billion dollars in a pension fund that needs to be funded at $1.2 billion."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 9, 2014
Daniel McKee
Daniel McKee
stated on November 13, 2013 a campaign speech
The town of Cumberland has "its highest bond rating in history."
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By John Hill • December 13, 2013
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 21, 2013 a fundraising letter.
"Providence has more of its pension fund invested in hedge funds and is less transparent" about it than the state.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 3, 2013
Dwight Jones
Dwight Jones
stated on March 12, 2013 a statement.
Says under his utility rate plan, "An estimated 50 percent of our residential households will see a decrease in their water and wastewater bills."
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By Sean Gorman • April 22, 2013
Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz
stated on September 28, 2012 a campaign mailer.
Says she "oversaw an audit that won the city $2 million in franchise fees."
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By Ian K. Kullgren • October 9, 2012
Sam Adams
Sam Adams
stated on June 26, 2012 in a press statement
Says "TriMet's own analysis shows that YouthPass does not actually add to the transit agency's costs."
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By Janie Har • June 27, 2012
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