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Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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David DiPietro
David DiPietro
stated on October 30, 2019 an interview:
When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, "the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?"  
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 3, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 1, 2019 a Tweet:
"Tens of thousands" of people leave New York every week.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 8, 2019
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
stated on October 9, 2019 a radio interview:
"If folks are vaping a legal medical cannabis product that comes from any of the New York state operators, they will not have to worry about the negative impacts on their lungs." 
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 2, 2019
Brian Kolb
Brian Kolb
stated on September 24, 2019 a Tweet:
The Buffalo Billion is "still breaking every job promise"
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 29, 2019
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on September 10, 2019 a Tweet:
"Under @BarackObama illegal immigration dropped to a 50-year low."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 23, 2019
Tom Reed
Tom Reed
stated on August 20, 2019 a Tweet:
After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech:
"From 2010 to 2017, natural gas production plummeted by nearly 70 percent in New York, but it soared almost 1,000 percent in Pennsylvania."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 4, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 19, 2019 a radio interview:
Property taxes have "nothing to do with the state."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 10, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 9, 2019 a campaign event:
A transaction tax in countries like the UK "didn't affect their financial markets at all." 
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 26, 2019
John Flanagan
John Flanagan
stated on June 18, 2019 a radio interview:
"The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut."  
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 8, 2019
Michael Kearns
Michael Kearns
stated on June 17, 2019 a Tweet:
Undocumented drivers "have protections that US citizens don’t receive under Green light bill."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 29, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on June 10, 2019 an interview:
"Even in the last Congress, President Trump signed 18 of my bills."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 21, 2019
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on May 17, 2019 an interview:
"We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 10, 2019
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on May 21, 2019 a fundraising email:
Says Chris Jacobs is a "Never Trumper."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 31, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 10, 2019 a campaign stop:
"I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2019 a Tweet:
"They didn’t even put up a fight against SALT"
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 21, 2019
Letitia James
Letitia James
stated on April 23, 2019 a news conference:
"The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 30, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2019 a tweet:
"In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 11, 2019 a news conference:
"Fifty-two counties have average taxes of above the SALT $10,000 cap."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 17, 2019
John Flanagan
John Flanagan
stated on April 1, 2019 a news release:
The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college."  
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 7, 2019
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