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Latest Fact-Checks By Dan Clark

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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 23, 2016 a speech in Buffalo
"Most private sector jobs in the history of Buffalo exist in Buffalo today"
True
By Dan Clark • September 24, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on August 10, 2016 a blog post on the NRCC website
Tom Suozzi raised taxes "by hundreds of millions of dollars" as Nassau County executive.
True
By Dan Clark • September 23, 2016
Elaine Phillips
Elaine Phillips
stated on August 26, 2016 a post on Facebook
In the past decade in New York State "more than 30 current and former state officeholders have been convicted, sanctioned or accused of wrongdoing — more than any other state."
True
By Dan Clark • September 19, 2016
Robert Duffy
Robert Duffy
stated on August 19, 2016 an op-ed in the Rochester Business Journal
If upstate New York split from downstate "the economic indicators of upstate New York would be among the lowest in the country."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • September 16, 2016
John Plumb
John Plumb
stated on August 29, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight.
Tom Reed "has actually voted for every single trade deal that has ever come before him in any form."
True
By Dan Clark • September 2, 2016
Anna Throne-Holst
Anna Throne-Holst
stated on August 9, 2016 a tweet that linked to the claim in a Newsday article
Lee Zeldin "missed 2/3rds of Veterans Affairs Hearings"
False
By Dan Clark • August 31, 2016
Robin Schimminger
Robin Schimminger
stated on August 3, 2016 a hearing on economic development in Albany, NY.
On job creation numbers in the latest Start-Up NY report: "This is a significant number of overcounts in the compilation that I’ve looked at."
False
By Dan Clark • August 26, 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
Sean Patrick Maloney
Sean Patrick Maloney
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Donald Trump is "against marriage equality. He wants to go back."
True
By Dan Clark • August 15, 2016
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on August 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC.
Hillary Clinton "has already said she's going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment"
False
By Dan Clark • August 12, 2016
Carl Paladino
Carl Paladino
stated on July 17, 2016 a conversation with The Buffalo News at the Republican National Convention.
In Buffalo's SolarCity project, "Andrew Cuomo will create maybe 500 jobs if it ever happens at all, at about $1.5 million per job."
False
By Dan Clark • August 5, 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
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 8, 2016 a conversation with reporters in Victor, NY.
"We created 800,000 new jobs, we cut the unemployment rate almost in half and today New York State has more private sector jobs than it has ever had in its history"
True
By Dan Clark • July 22, 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
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on June 22, 2016 a press conference and several other recent public appearances.
Says middle-class New York State residents will have the "lowest tax rate in 70 years."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • July 15, 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
Michael Caputo
Michael Caputo
stated on June 22, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight, Time Warner Cable News.
Says Donald Trump "spent the least amount of money of any of the competitive primary contenders that he beat so badly."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • July 1, 2016
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