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Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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Liz Krueger
Liz Krueger
stated on March 5, 2026 an op-ed:
Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.”
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola, Ryan Lombardi • May 7, 2026
Bruce Blakeman
Bruce Blakeman
stated on March 10, 2026 a social media post:
As Nassau County Executive, I hired 600 new law enforcement officers and made Nassau the safest county in America.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 3, 2026
X posts
X posts
stated on November 2, 2025 an X post:
New York state has "no ID requirement" to vote, and people could lie about their address and "vote in multiple precincts."
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • November 4, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2025 a television interview:
Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025
Ritchie Torres
Ritchie Torres
stated on May 23, 2024 a television interview:
“The loss of SALT deductibility cost our state $15 billion in revenue. So New Yorkers are paying more in taxes and receiving fewer services because of Donald Trump.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 21, 2024
Jason Pizzo
Jason Pizzo
stated on May 30, 2024 a post on X:
“Trump can’t vote for himself in the November election.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 31, 2024
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on February 22, 2024 an interview:
In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where migrants can be handed over.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 29, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2024 a Truth Social post:
The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2024
Nick LaLota
Nick LaLota
stated on November 18, 2023 a social media post:
Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024
X posts
X posts
stated on May 20, 2023 on social media:
A printer error in Nassau County, New York, turned every registered voter Democratic.
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola • June 19, 2023
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on May 20, 2023 an Instagram post:
"NYC mayor plans to track and limit meat and dairy."
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • May 25, 2023
Nicholas Langworthy
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on February 10, 2023 a tweet:
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met "with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban," which "has ties to the" Chinese Communist Party.
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola, Mary McNaughton • March 9, 2023
William Barclay
William Barclay
stated on December 1, 2022 a radio interview:
California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 13, 2023
Social Media
Social Media
stated on August 30, 2022 social media posts:
In New York, you need to show identification to buy whipped cream, but not to vote.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 1, 2022
Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan
stated on March 3, 2022 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
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on November 19, 2021 a radio interview:
“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 26, 2021
India Walton
India Walton
stated on September 9, 2021 a debate:
Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 9, 2021 an interview:
New and proposed state laws on voting mean “if you are going to be standing in that line for all those hours, you can’t have any water or any food.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 15, 2021
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on February 7, 2021 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mostly False
By John Pullano • February 26, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on February 11, 2021 an Instagram post:
Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021
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