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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on March 4, 2020 a television commercial:
"Nate McMurray wants to reward illegals with amnesty."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 24, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 17, 2020 a news conference:
“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 20, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2020 a blog post:
“NYC man drops dead in middle of street — suspected coronavirus!”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2020 a post on Facebook:
“Man visited Albany, N.Y. days before dying from coronavirus.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 4, 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
X posts
X posts
stated on February 29, 2020 posts on Twitter and Facebook:
Says Sen. Chuck Schumer deleted a Feb. 5 tweet criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to ban some forms of travel to and from China.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • February 29, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 20, 2020 a tweeted video:
Video shows Democratic presidential candidates speechless for 20 seconds when discussing whether any of them started a business.
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • February 20, 2020
Free Thought Project
Free Thought Project
stated on January 24, 2020 in a blog post:
“State Forces Citizens to Pay for ‘Stargazing Permit’ to View Night Sky in Public Parks”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 9, 2020
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 24, 2020 a news conference:
"The American people are overwhelmingly with us" in calling witnesses in Senate trial 
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 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
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 8, 2020 a speech:
"We have the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 18, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on December 15, 2019 a speech:
"We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country." 
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 11, 2020
New York City Police Benevolent Association
New York City Police Benevolent Association
stated on December 2, 2019 a Tweet:
"Defendants charged with producing, directing or promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child will be arraigned & set free." 
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 2019
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