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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 18, 2017 an article on LinkedIn:
"70 million Americans have a criminal record — that’s one in three adults."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • August 18, 2017
Raymond Walter
Raymond Walter
stated on June 23, 2017 a press release:
"Western New Yorkers pay some of the highest property taxes in the state."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • July 7, 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
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 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
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 16, 2016 a speech in Fishkill, NY:
"Taxes for every New Yorker are lower today than when I started"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • December 16, 2016
Uber
Uber
stated on November 28, 2016 an online petition and in a press release:
A recent study found "that cities where Uber operates have 3.6%-5.6% fewer drunk driving deaths than cities without access to ridesharing."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • December 9, 2016
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on July 7, 2016 a press release.:
Kim Myers "voted repeatedly to raise taxes on the people of Broome County, but made millions off of tax savings when her family business relocated its headquarters."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • August 17, 2016
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention.:
The Iran nuclear deal is "putting billions of dollars back into a country that’s the world’s largest supporter of terrorism. We are actually giving them the money to fund the terrorists that are killing us and our allies."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • August 5, 2016
Zephyr Teachout
Zephyr Teachout
stated on June 28, 2016 her victory speech after winning the Democratic primary.:
"John Faso took money from fossil fuel companies as they tried to take your land by eminent domain for a fracked gas pipeline."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • July 18, 2016
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