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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 14, 2020 a news conference:
“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 2, 2020 a Facebook post:
Photo shows a crowded New York City subway train during stay-at-home order.
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By Samantha Putterman • April 7, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 17, 2020 a news conference:
“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 20, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 30, 2020 a news release:
During his tenure as mayor of New York City, “street homelessness decreased by 28 percent.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 1, 2020
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 24, 2020 a news conference:
"The American people are overwhelmingly with us" in calling witnesses in Senate trial 
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 1, 2020 a television ad:
"Mayor Bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 percent, covering 700,000 more New Yorkers"
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 8, 2020 a speech:
"We have the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 18, 2020
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 10, 2019 a campaign stop:
"I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 22, 2019
Letitia James
Letitia James
stated on April 23, 2019 a news conference:
"The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 30, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2019 a tweet:
"In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 18, 2019 a town hall:
For Cabinet posts, "I have the best voting record against Trump nominees of anyone else running for president"  
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 29, 2019
Nita Lowey
Nita Lowey
stated on January 7, 2019 a radio interview:
"The facts are, the majority of opioids and all kinds of other things that are connected to the opioids are coming through the point of entry."  
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 14, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on December 17, 2018 a speech:
New York has passed "the best paid family leave" program in the United States of America.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 7, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 19, 2018 a radio interview:
"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 7, 2018
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on October 30, 2018 a debate:
"Do you know that New York State pays out way more than they ever get back?"
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 2, 2018
Marc Molinaro
Marc Molinaro
stated on October 23, 2018 a debate between candidates for governor in New York City:
On spending growth under Gov. Andrew Cuomo: "Despite the fact that you continue to suggest that you’ve been able to hold the two percent, you haven’t."  
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 26, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on October 16, 2018 a campaign advertisement:
"He even supports putting a female inmate in shackles during childbirth."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 19, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 14, 2018 a news conference in New York City:
"I think I received more votes in the Democratic primary than any governor in history."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 20, 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."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 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"
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By Dan Clark • May 24, 2018
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