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James Tedisco
James Tedisco
stated on April 13, 2018 a blog post :
After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure."
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By Dan Clark • April 26, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 20, 2018 a tweet:
"Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage."
True
By Dan Clark • April 25, 2018
Marc Molinaro
Marc Molinaro
stated on April 2, 2018 a conversation with reporters:
New York has "among the highest tax burdens of any state in the nation"
True
By Dan Clark • April 12, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 22, 2018 a Buffalo News article:
"In one day of fundraising I received more small donor (contributions) than Andrew Cuomo received in seven years."
True
By Dan Clark • March 22, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 13, 2018 remarks at a rally:
"Half of the American women who are murdered are killed by their intimate partners."
True
By Dan Clark • March 16, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 22, 2018 a tweet:
"Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned"
True
By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on February 10, 2018 opening remarks at a Republican gubernatorial debate:
About New York state: "We have the highest debt per capita."
True
By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
stated on January 23, 2018 a press conference:
"New York consistently ranks as one of the worst voting turnout states in the nation."
True
By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018
Brian Kavanagh
Brian Kavanagh
stated on January 17, 2018 a press conference:
"New York has the third lowest rate of gun-caused death in America."
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By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018
Robert Mujica
Robert Mujica
stated on January 18, 2018 a radio interview:
"70 percent of the income tax that the state collects happens to come from Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk and New York City"
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By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on January 3, 2018 a press conference:
"The graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years"
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By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Michael Kearns
Michael Kearns
stated on October 23, 2017 a television ad:
"When I saw corruption and sexual harassment cover-ups I called on Sheldon Silver to resign."
True
By Dan Clark • November 3, 2017
Eric Schneiderman
Eric Schneiderman
stated on September 19, 2017 an announcement:
Some states hit hardest by opioid deaths "have more opioid prescriptions than residents."
True
By Dan Clark • October 2, 2017
Louise Slaughter
Louise Slaughter
stated on September 5, 2017 a tweet:
Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."
True
By PolitiFact Staff • September 10, 2017
Betty Jean Grant
Betty Jean Grant
stated on August 17, 2017 a Spectrum News story after the debate:
"I'm the only candidate who has not accepted money from Carl Paladino nor LPCiminelli; two of the biggest developers in the city of Buffalo."
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By Dan Clark • August 25, 2017
Eric Schneiderman
Eric Schneiderman
stated on July 17, 2017 a speech at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine:
"We have been able to cut New York’s uninsured rate in half since 2013 from 10 percent to 5 percent of our population."
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By Dan Clark • July 24, 2017
John Faso
John Faso
stated on July 15, 2017 an article in the Times Herald-Record:
"We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid."
True
By Dan Clark • July 21, 2017
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee
stated on June 21, 2017 a segment on her show "Full Frontal":
The New York State Senate "passed legislation allowing minors to race snowmobiles, get their own hunting licenses, and not be employed gathering or picking rags, cigar stumps, or collecting bones."
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By Dan Clark • June 30, 2017
Thomas Croci
Thomas Croci
stated on April 27, 2017 a press release:
In some cases, a sex offender "who appears on the New York State Sex Offender Registry" would be able to drive for Uber or Lyft when ride-hailing is allowed upstate in July
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By Dan Clark • May 8, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on March 16, 2017 a CNN town hall:
In New York state, "you cannot charge an older person even one dollar more than a younger person" for health insurance.
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By Dan Clark • March 31, 2017
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