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Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 18, 2019 a town hall:
For Cabinet posts, "I have the best voting record against Trump nominees of anyone else running for president"  
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 29, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2019 a speech:
There’s been a "20 percent increase in young people coming back to Buffalo after a decade where we lost 10 percent of our young people."  
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 23, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 25, 2019 in a news conference:
"Almost every day another 9/11 survivor or responder dies from a 9/11-related cancer."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 9, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 7, 2019 a tweet:
"A black woman in New York City is 12 times more likely to die in childbirth than a white woman."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 2, 2019
Michael Long
Michael Long
stated on February 3, 2019 a radio interview:
Under New York's new abortion law, "If the baby was born alive, they would just let the baby expire."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 22, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 21, 2019 a speech:
"All of this work helped us increase graduation rates by 42 percent and substantially reduce the racial achievement gap."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 7, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on February 5, 2019 an interview on MSNBC:
"70 percent of Americans believe in improved and expanded Medicare for All."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 6, 2019
Patricia Fahy
Patricia Fahy
stated on January 14, 2019 a radio interview:
As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, "we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part."   
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 21, 2019
Nita Lowey
Nita Lowey
stated on January 7, 2019 a radio interview:
"The facts are, the majority of opioids and all kinds of other things that are connected to the opioids are coming through the point of entry."  
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 14, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on December 17, 2018 a speech:
New York has passed "the best paid family leave" program in the United States of America.
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 7, 2019
Carl Heastie
Carl Heastie
stated on November 30, 2018 a public hearing:
"Under any objective measure, our static compensation has failed to keep pace with economic realities."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 14, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 19, 2018 a radio interview:
"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 7, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on November 12, 2018 a television interview:
"Studies even show that when women go to Congress they get more things done - more bipartisan effort, more bills passed."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 16, 2018
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on October 30, 2018 a debate:
"Do you know that New York State pays out way more than they ever get back?"
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 2, 2018
Marc Molinaro
Marc Molinaro
stated on October 23, 2018 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."  
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 26, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on October 16, 2018 a campaign advertisement:
"He even supports putting a female inmate in shackles during childbirth."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 19, 2018
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on October 10, 2018 a direct mail campaign ad:
"Nate McMurray lobbied to send our jobs to China. (And Korea, too.)"
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 12, 2018
Antonio Delgado
Antonio Delgado
stated on September 12, 2018 a TV ad:
Says U.S. Rep. John Faso "voted for an age tax on seniors."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 3, 2018
Marc Molinaro
Marc Molinaro
stated on September 14, 2018 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."
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 21, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 14, 2018 a news conference in New York City:
"I think I received more votes in the Democratic primary than any governor in history."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 20, 2018
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