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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."

By Maria Briceño • November 4, 2025

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.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025

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.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 21, 2024

Jason Pizzo
stated on May 30, 2024 a post on X

“Trump can’t vote for himself in the November election.”

By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 31, 2024

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.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 29, 2024

Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2024 a Truth Social post

The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2024

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.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024

X posts
stated on May 20, 2023 on social media

A printer error in Nassau County, New York, turned every registered voter Democratic.

By Conor Amendola • June 19, 2023

Instagram posts
stated on May 20, 2023 an Instagram post

"NYC mayor plans to track and limit meat and dairy."

May 25, 2023

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.

By Conor Amendola, Mary McNaughton • March 9, 2023

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.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 13, 2023

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.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 1, 2022

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

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

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

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.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 26, 2021

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.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021

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.”

By Amy Sherman • July 15, 2021

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.

By John Pullano • February 26, 2021

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.

By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021

Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 a tweet

Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”

By Landon Allison, Julia Schneider • February 18, 2021

Colin Schmitt
stated on January 14, 2021 a news conference

“We have scientific data, from all different levels, but particularly from the high school sports levels, from numerous different states that shows that it is safe to play what New York is considering high-risk sports.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 26, 2021

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