Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 11, 2018 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
"I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else who protected and defended and harbored a sitting president who had sexual relations in the Oval Office and was impeached for lying."
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By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on December 3, 2017 a local news interview
On the Republican tax plan: "Unfortunately, the wealthy are, again, not going to do well in this bill"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • December 21, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 6, 2017 a conference call
"Bump stocks are already illegal in the state of New York. You can't buy one."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • November 17, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on August 2, 2017 an op-ed for The Buffalo News
"Violent crimes where a firearm is used have remained static since 2013 in both New York State and Erie County"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • August 11, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 16, 2017 a speech at a conference
A national paid leave program "would potentially put into the economy $21 billion dollars annually."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • June 15, 2017
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
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
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
Michael Long
Michael Long
stated on October 14, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight
Because of its higher minimum wage, New York State is "already showing signs of various companies picking up and leaving."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • December 23, 2016
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on October 6, 2016 a television ad
When asked about bills in Congress important to the North Country, Derrick responded ‘I just don’t know enough about it.’
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • November 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 15, 2016 an interview on Live From the State Capitol
"New York State has been horribly, horribly hurt by NAFTA"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • October 17, 2016
Matt Tighe
Matt Tighe
stated on September 25, 2016 a story in The Buffalo News
Chris Jacobs "has been financed by the same men who are now facing charges in one of Western New York’s largest public corruption schemes"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • October 7, 2016
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on June 23, 2016 a press conference at New York City Hall.
Says "220,000 New Yorkers would have immediately benefitted had President Obama’s executive action been affirmed. So almost a quarter million of our fellow New Yorkers who are hurting right now whose rights and opportunities were taken away by the Supreme Court."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • July 13, 2016
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on June 22, 2016 a press conference in Buffalo before signing legislation to combat heroin addiction.
"We’re losing as many people to heroin and opioid overdoses as we lost to the AIDS epidemic at its peak."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • July 8, 2016
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