Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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Beth Parlato
Beth Parlato
stated on May 7, 2020 a video in a tweet
Said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that “with all the technology we have, we don't need actual classrooms.”
Mostly True
By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • June 12, 2020
Coalition for the Homeless
Coalition for the Homeless
stated on April 8, 2020 a newspaper interview
New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.”
Mostly True
By Rachel Kimmel, Julia Schneider • May 13, 2020
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 21, 2020 a tweet
“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”
Mostly True
By John Pullano • May 7, 2020
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on April 8, 2020 a tweet
Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.”
Mostly True
By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • May 6, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 12, 2020 a tweet
“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
Mostly True
By Meghan Hall, Hannah Roesch • April 29, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on December 15, 2019 a speech
"We cut New York City’s carbon footprint twice as much as the rest of the country." 
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 11, 2020
New York City Police Benevolent Association
New York City Police Benevolent Association
stated on December 2, 2019 a Tweet
"Defendants charged with producing, directing or promoting an obscene sexual performance by a child will be arraigned & set free." 
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech
"From 2010 to 2017, natural gas production plummeted by nearly 70 percent in New York, but it soared almost 1,000 percent in Pennsylvania."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 4, 2019
John Flanagan
John Flanagan
stated on April 1, 2019 a news release
The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college."  
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 7, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 7, 2019 a tweet
"A black woman in New York City is 12 times more likely to die in childbirth than a white woman."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 2, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 21, 2019 a speech
"All of this work helped us increase graduation rates by 42 percent and substantially reduce the racial achievement gap."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 7, 2019
Carl Heastie
Carl Heastie
stated on November 30, 2018 a public hearing
"Under any objective measure, our static compensation has failed to keep pace with economic realities."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 14, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on November 12, 2018 a television interview
"Studies even show that when women go to Congress they get more things done - more bipartisan effort, more bills passed."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 16, 2018
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on August 18, 2018 a statement on his campaign website
"Evidence is mounting that marijuana legalization reduces opioid addiction numbers."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet
Rep. Dan Donovan "voted for Tax Cuts"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • June 4, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 26, 2018 a press conference
Four years after Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised universal pre-K, "79 percent of 4-year olds outside New York City lack full-day pre-K."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • March 30, 2018
John Faso
John Faso
stated on February 27, 2018 an interview on C-SPAN
"The vast majority of crime that is gun related is committed by people who illegally are possessing that firearm."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • March 12, 2018
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on February 27, 2018 a tweet
"Because of #TaxReform, 4 million American workers have received raises and bonuses, and 90% of Americans are seeing bigger paychecks this month."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • March 9, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 a radio interview
"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Kathy Sheehan
Kathy Sheehan
stated on November 16, 2017 an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight
"Simply being in this country without documentation is not a crime"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • December 2, 2017
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