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stated on August 10, 2021 in an Instagram post:

CNN had “Jeffrey Toobin on analyzing the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations as their legal expert.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 10, 2021

Bill Cassidy
stated on February 7, 2021 in 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

Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 in a speech:

“Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 2020

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stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.

By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2020

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stated on March 29, 2020 in an image:

Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.”

By Daniel Funke • April 2, 2020

Marc Molinaro
stated on October 23, 2018 in a debate between candidates for governor in New York City:

On spending growth under Gov. Andrew Cuomo: "Despite the fact that you continue to suggest that you’ve been able to hold the two percent, you haven’t."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 26, 2018

Marc Molinaro
stated on September 14, 2018 in in a news conference:

Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo is "stealing money from the MTA and sending it upstate for projects that have nothing to do with transit."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 21, 2018

Christine Quinn
stated on May 23, 2018 in a presentation at the State Democratic Convention:

New York state has the "second highest millionaires tax in the nation."

By Dan Clark • May 31, 2018

Edward Cox
stated on May 1, 2018 in an interview on The Capital Pressroom:

Marc Molinaro "has cut taxes, his budget now is lower than it was six years ago" in Dutchess County

By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018

James Tedisco
stated on April 13, 2018 in a blog post :

After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure."

By Dan Clark • April 26, 2018

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 20, 2018 in a tweet:

"Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage."

By Dan Clark • April 25, 2018

Marc Molinaro
stated on April 2, 2018 in a conversation with reporters:

New York has "among the highest tax burdens of any state in the nation"

By Dan Clark • April 12, 2018

Brian Kolb
stated on March 31, 2018 in a statement on the state budget:

This year’s state budget "continues to direct millions in taxpayer dollars in advertising to the failing Start-Up NY program"

By Dan Clark • April 9, 2018

Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 26, 2018 in a press conference:

Four years after Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised universal pre-K, "79 percent of 4-year olds outside New York City lack full-day pre-K."

By Dan Clark • March 30, 2018

Tom King
stated on March 26, 2018 in a radio interview:

A bill in Congress "will ban all semi-automatic weapons, including pistols and shotguns. So, yes, they are coming to take away our guns."

By Dan Clark • March 29, 2018

Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 20, 2018 in her announcement to run for governor:

"Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich."

By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018

Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 22, 2018 in a Buffalo News article:

"In one day of fundraising I received more small donor (contributions) than Andrew Cuomo received in seven years."

By Dan Clark • March 22, 2018

Marco Rubio
stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet:

"Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned"

By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018

Edward Cox
stated on February 10, 2018 in opening remarks at a Republican gubernatorial debate:

About New York state: "We have the highest debt per capita."

By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018

Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 in a radio interview:

"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."

By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018

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