Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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Facebook posts
stated on January 4, 2021 a Facebook post
New York “is trying to pass a bill that would allow them to round up non mask wearers and people who don’t want to take the vaccine into concentration camps. Then with a court order they can force vaccinate you.”
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By Samantha Putterman • January 5, 2021
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2020 a television interview
Says Charles Schumer supports “putting everybody on the Medicare system. He wants the Green New Deal … reduce funding for the police.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 4, 2020
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X posts
stated on October 29, 2020 a tweet
Queens voters received pre-marked ballots for Joe Biden.
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By Hayat Norimine • November 1, 2020
Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on September 13, 2020 a Facebook video
"There are hit squads being trained all over this country” to violently oppose a second term for President Donald Trump.
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By Bill McCarthy • September 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 14, 2020 a Facebook post
Says a Twitter account for "Scarsdale NY Antifa" tweeted that "chapters of Antifa around Oregon have collaborated to ignite fires around the state."
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By Bill McCarthy • September 15, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 a speech
“Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 2020
Tom Reed
Tom Reed
stated on July 9, 2020 a news conference
Opening the schools “is a local determination, but it’s not a state determination.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 18, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 30, 2020 a Facebook post
New York state “hospitals reporting thousands of fungus lung infections due to wearing a mask!!”
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July 7, 2020
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on June 17, 2020 an ad
“As a lawyer working in Korea, Nate McMurray helped send American jobs to Asia”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 20, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 9, 2020 a tweet
"Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?"
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By Bill McCarthy, Jill Terreri Ramos • June 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 a Facebook post
Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”
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By Amy Sherman, Emily Venezky • May 26, 2020
Andy Biggs
Andy Biggs
stated on May 7, 2020 a letter
"States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 a Facebook post
If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.
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May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 a Facebook post
Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.
False
April 21, 2020
Jerome Adams
Jerome Adams
stated on March 27, 2020 a television interview
“They’re furloughing nurses in hospitals in western New York state.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 2, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 a Fox News town hall
Says N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo “rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic, for a pandemic, established death panels and lotteries instead. So, he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price, and he turned it down.”
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 25, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2020 a blog post
“NYC man drops dead in middle of street — suspected coronavirus!”
False
March 12, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2020 a post on Facebook
“Man visited Albany, N.Y. days before dying from coronavirus.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 4, 2020
David DiPietro
David DiPietro
stated on October 30, 2019 an interview
When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, "the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?"  
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 3, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 1, 2019 a Tweet
"Tens of thousands" of people leave New York every week.
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 8, 2019
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