Latest Fact-Checks In City Government

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 25, 2025 a Truth Social post
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a communist.
False
By Amy Sherman, Ella Moore • June 26, 2025
Kelly Ayotte
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.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 7, 2024
Scott Adams
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.”
Pants on Fire!
By Gabrielle Settles • March 10, 2023
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 26, 2022 a news conference.
“I don’t get involved in the hiring and firing of police chiefs.”
False
By Warren Fiske • November 2, 2022
Byron Brown
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.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2021
George P. Bush
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.”
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 24, 2020
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on June 16, 2020 a news conference.
On conducting a national search for a new Richmond police chief.
Full Flop
By Warren Fiske • July 1, 2020
Jeanette Kowalik
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.”
True
By Lawrence Andrea • June 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2020 a Tweet
Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
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.”
True
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.
True
By D.L. Davis • February 17, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
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"
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
Viral image
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."
False
November 6, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 10, 2019 a tweet
"The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • October 17, 2019
Roger Stone
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."
False
By Daniel Funke • October 14, 2019
Donald Trump
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."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2019
Bill de Blasio
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."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 10, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 27, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Bill de Blasio is "banning hot dog sales to stop climate change."
False
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."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • May 3, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on March 6, 2019
On tax increases.
Half Flip
By Warren Fiske • March 19, 2019
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