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Ron Kim
Ron Kim
stated on February 18, 2021 a radio interview:
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo "issued a legal blanket immunity, and snuck that into our budget, giving these facilities essentially a license to kill, a get-out-of-jail free card.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 6, 2021
James Tedisco
James Tedisco
stated on January 5, 2021 a news release:
“New York leads the nation in out-migration of residents, with 126,000 people leaving last year and over one million in the past decade.”
Half-True
By Landon Allison, John Pullano • January 26, 2021
Nick Freitas
Nick Freitas
stated on July 11, 2020 a radio interview.:
“Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez votes with President Trump more than Abigail Spanberger does.”
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • July 21, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 23, 2020 a news conference:
“At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 5, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2020 a briefing:
Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
Half-True
By Rachel Kimmel, John Pullano • April 30, 2020
Lovely Warren
Lovely Warren
stated on April 8, 2020 a press conference:
Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”
Half-True
By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • April 23, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2020 a Tweet:
Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2020
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Brian Kolb
Brian Kolb
stated on December 9, 2017 an op-ed:
"New York state spends more than $8 billion in taxpayer money each year on job-creation programs - more than the combined total of the next three largest states"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • January 5, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on December 15, 2017 Buffalo:
"The truth is this tax [plan] raises middle-class taxes."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • December 22, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 14, 2017 a tweet:
Congressional Republicans "want to take health care from millions of Americans in order to pay for" a tax bill.
Half-True
By Dan Clark, Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2017
Kevin Cahill
Kevin Cahill
stated on October 11, 2017 a radio interview on The Capitol Pressroom:
Abortion in the U.S. "is at an all time legal low."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • October 25, 2017
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