Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on April 15, 2017 an ad aired on radio and television
The conservative proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act "lowers premiums by giving New York the freedom to end Obamacare’s costly and ridiculous rules."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • April 22, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 27, 2017 an interview in the Press-Republican newspaper in Plattsburgh
The Keystone XL pipeline "doesn’t even have any oil for America."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • April 16, 2017
Michael Kearns
Michael Kearns
stated on April 11, 2017 a press conference
There were "76 deaths in three years" at the Buffalo Psychiatric Center
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark • April 12, 2017
Brian Higgins
Brian Higgins
stated on March 30, 2017 a memo to the Train Station Site Selection Committee and press release on his website
Two options for a new train station site in Buffalo are at Canalside
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • April 9, 2017
Patrick Gallivan
Patrick Gallivan
stated on March 27, 2017 a press conference
Of "30,000 individuals arrested a year for crimes that are 16 or 17, over 95 percent of them do not result in a criminal conviction. Only 1.5 percent of them ultimately go to state prison."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • April 3, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 29, 2017 posts since 2013, flagged by Facebook to fact-check
"A New York man has allegedly infected 240 people with the HIV virus by sleeping with men and women."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark • April 2, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on March 16, 2017 a CNN town hall
In New York state, "you cannot charge an older person even one dollar more than a younger person" for health insurance.
True
By Dan Clark • March 31, 2017
Marc Butler
Marc Butler
stated on March 1, 2017 a press conference to repeal the SAFE Act
"We have counties where there have been one arrest under the SAFE Act. It indicates there's not a whole lot of interest in enforcing this in our upstate counties."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • March 24, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on February 23, 2017 and in several other statements over the past two months.
The proposed state budget contains "an additional tax cut for the middle class."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • March 17, 2017
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on February 13, 2017 his 2017 State of the City address
"We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • March 8, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 1, 2017 remarks at a student rally for the Orthodox Union
"I’ve given the religious schools in my budget more money than ever before in history."
True
By Dan Clark • March 6, 2017
Sean Ryan
Sean Ryan
stated on March 1, 2017 a press conference
"Just last year, over 5,000 refugees came to New York state, and 94 percent settled outside of New York City."
True
By Dan Clark • March 4, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on February 7, 2017 remarks at a rally at Buffalo State College
New York state subsidizes private colleges "probably more than any other state except maybe one."
True
By Dan Clark • February 16, 2017
Martin Golden
Martin Golden
stated on January 30, 2017 a press conference announcing the Community Heroes Protection Act
"Just last year, alone, 710 police officers" were assaulted in New York state.
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • February 11, 2017
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on January 30, 2017 a state budget hearing on local governments
Graduation rates in Buffalo’s school district, which were "around 48 percent are now up to 64 percent" since Say Yes Buffalo launched.
True
By Dan Clark • February 10, 2017
Deborah Glick
Deborah Glick
stated on January 17, 2017 a debate in the Assembly chamber
"New York state law says you are alive when you begin to breathe."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • January 30, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 17, 2017 his executive budget presentation
"Thirty years ago we were the most college-educated country on the globe. Today we are No. 11."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • January 27, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 10, 2017 a press conference
"The exodus of citizens from New York State has been growing."
True
By Dan Clark • January 20, 2017
Robert Astorino
Robert Astorino
stated on January 10, 2017 a press release
"I have never once raised the county tax levy -- not for seven straight years."
True
By Dan Clark • January 11, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 9, 2017 a State of the State speech in New York City
"More college graduates are living at home than in decades."
True
By Dan Clark • January 9, 2017
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