Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on January 7, 2021 a television interview
“There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 14, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 30, 2020 a press call
"We're No. 46 out of 50 states... we're 46th in terms of percentage of deaths in nursing homes."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 16, 2020
Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on August 17, 2020 a tweet
“Does the #DemConvention know @NYGovCuomo forced nursing homes across NY to take in COVID positive patients and planted the seeds of infection that killed thousands of grandmothers and grandfathers?”
Mostly False
By Michelle Andrews • August 24, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 29, 2020 a Tweet
“New York Mail-In voting is in a disastrous state of condition. Votes from many weeks ago are missing - a total mess. They have no idea what is going on. Rigged Election.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 15, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2020 a Facebook post
“Florida is doing over five times better” than New Jersey and New York in COVID-19 deaths per million people.
Mostly False
July 31, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on May 20, 2020 a news conference
“Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes? It’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC guidance.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 13, 2020
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on March 4, 2020 a television commercial
"Nate McMurray wants to reward illegals with amnesty."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 24, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 20, 2020 a tweeted video
Video shows Democratic presidential candidates speechless for 20 seconds when discussing whether any of them started a business.
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • February 20, 2020
Free Thought Project
Free Thought Project
stated on January 24, 2020 in a blog post
“State Forces Citizens to Pay for ‘Stargazing Permit’ to View Night Sky in Public Parks”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 9, 2020
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Crystal Peoples-Stokes
stated on October 9, 2019 a radio interview
"If folks are vaping a legal medical cannabis product that comes from any of the New York state operators, they will not have to worry about the negative impacts on their lungs." 
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 2, 2019
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on September 10, 2019 a Tweet
"Under @BarackObama illegal immigration dropped to a 50-year low."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 23, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 9, 2019 a campaign event
A transaction tax in countries like the UK "didn't affect their financial markets at all." 
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 26, 2019
John Flanagan
John Flanagan
stated on June 18, 2019 a radio interview
"The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut."  
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 8, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 11, 2019 a news conference
"Fifty-two counties have average taxes of above the SALT $10,000 cap."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 17, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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