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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on August 29, 2018 a debate between Democratic candidates for governor, at Hofstra University.:
"We passed the toughest gun control law in the United States of America, the SAFE Act."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2018
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on August 18, 2018 a statement on his campaign website:
"Evidence is mounting that marijuana legalization reduces opioid addiction numbers."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 31, 2018
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on August 8, 2018 a news conference at the UAW 897 hall in Hamburg. :
Says he’s a "small-town supervisor who has kept a balanced budget, who has increased surpluses, who has led us to the highest credit rating our town has ever had."
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet:
Rep. Dan Donovan "voted for Tax Cuts"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • June 4, 2018
Christine Quinn
Christine Quinn
stated on May 23, 2018 a presentation at the State Democratic Convention:
New York state has the "second highest millionaires tax in the nation."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • May 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 10, 2018 a tweet:
"Senator Cryin’ Chuck Schumer fought hard against the Bad Iran Deal, even going at it with President Obama, & then Voted AGAINST it! Now he says I should not have terminated the deal"
True
By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on May 1, 2018 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
Half-True
By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018
Hakeem Jeffries
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on April 29, 2018 an interview on CNN:
President Donald Trump’s budget "threatened to cut $2 trillion from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid"
False
By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018
Chele Farley
Chele Farley
stated on April 23, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight:
"Kirsten Gillibrand has put forward 331 bills since she's been in Congress. Do you know how many of them have been passed into law? Zero!"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018
James Tedisco
James Tedisco
stated on April 13, 2018 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."
True
By Dan Clark • April 26, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 20, 2018 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."
True
By Dan Clark • April 25, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2018 a conversation with reporters:
"I think we're actually ahead" on legalizing marijuana for recreational use in New York state.
False
By Dan Clark • April 17, 2018
Marc Molinaro
Marc Molinaro
stated on April 2, 2018 a conversation with reporters:
New York has "among the highest tax burdens of any state in the nation"
True
By Dan Clark • April 12, 2018
Brian Kolb
Brian Kolb
stated on March 31, 2018 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"
False
By Dan Clark • April 9, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 26, 2018 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."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • March 30, 2018
Tom King
Tom King
stated on March 26, 2018 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."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark • March 29, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2018 a press conference:
"The only housing authority in the state that we have actually given money to is NYCHA."
False
By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 20, 2018 her announcement to run for governor:
"Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 22, 2018 a Buffalo News article:
"In one day of fundraising I received more small donor (contributions) than Andrew Cuomo received in seven years."
True
By Dan Clark • March 22, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 13, 2018 remarks at a rally:
"Half of the American women who are murdered are killed by their intimate partners."
True
By Dan Clark • March 16, 2018
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