Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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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
John Faso
John Faso
stated on February 27, 2018 an interview on C-SPAN
"The vast majority of crime that is gun related is committed by people who illegally are possessing that firearm."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • March 12, 2018
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on February 27, 2018 a tweet
"Because of #TaxReform, 4 million American workers have received raises and bonuses, and 90% of Americans are seeing bigger paychecks this month."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • March 9, 2018
Joel Giambra
Joel Giambra
stated on February 10, 2018 a Republican debate for governor
"I'm the only candidate on this stage who has actually cut taxes."
False
By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 22, 2018 a tweet
"Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned"
True
By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on February 21, 2018 a radio interview
"So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 11, 2018 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else who protected and defended and harbored a sitting president who had sexual relations in the Oval Office and was impeached for lying."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018
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