Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 9, 2020 a tweet
"Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?"
False
By Bill McCarthy, Jill Terreri Ramos • June 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 a Facebook post
Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
False
By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020
Andy Biggs
Andy Biggs
stated on May 7, 2020 a letter
"States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 a Facebook post
If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.
False
May 19, 2020
Coalition for the Homeless
Coalition for the Homeless
stated on April 8, 2020 a newspaper interview
New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.”
Mostly True
By Rachel Kimmel, Julia Schneider • May 13, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 3, 2020 a Facebook post
Central Park hospital tents housed thousands of abused children released from underground captivity.
Pants on Fire!
By Madison Czopek • May 8, 2020
American Automobile Association
American Automobile Association
stated on April 27, 2020 a news report
“New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.”
True
By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • May 8, 2020
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 21, 2020 a tweet
“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”
Mostly True
By John Pullano • May 7, 2020
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on April 8, 2020 a tweet
Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.”
Mostly True
By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • May 6, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 23, 2020 a news conference
“At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 5, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2020 a briefing
Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
Half-True
By Rachel Kimmel, John Pullano • April 30, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 12, 2020 a tweet
“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
Mostly True
By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • April 29, 2020
Jamie Nadler
Jamie Nadler
stated on April 14, 2020 a newspaper interview
“Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.”
True
By Julia Schneider • April 29, 2020
Lovely Warren
Lovely Warren
stated on April 8, 2020 a press conference
Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
Half-True
By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • April 23, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.
False
April 21, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 14, 2020 a news conference
“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2020
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on April 8, 2020 a television interview
Gov. Andrew Cuomo “was simply saying if we can share 20 percent of your excess, your non-used ventilators, to help people in other parts of the state on a voluntary basis, that would be great. Of course, there was a reaction to that, which was not positive."
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 14, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post
Photo shows a crowded New York City subway train during stay-at-home order.
True
By Samantha Putterman • April 7, 2020
Jerome Adams
Jerome Adams
stated on March 27, 2020 a television interview
“They’re furloughing nurses in hospitals in western New York state.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 2, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 a Fox News town hall
Says N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo “rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic, for a pandemic, established death panels and lotteries instead. So, he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price, and he turned it down.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 25, 2020
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