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Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on January 22, 2022 a post:
The New York City Police Department arrested a 9-year-old "because she didn’t have a vaccine card in the museum."
False
By Monique Curet • February 15, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 15, 2022 a speech:
“In New York state, if you’re white, you have to go to the back of the line to get medical help.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 27, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 11, 2022 a speech on voting rights in Georgia:
“In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2022
Tim Baxter
Tim Baxter
stated on January 4, 2022 an ad:
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “says that all young people want to be socialists.”
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2022
Tom Suozzi
Tom Suozzi
stated on January 4, 2022 a Tweet:
Hochul is an “interim Governor.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 10, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 20, 2021 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
“I represent more, or just as many or more, people than Joe Manchin does.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 22, 2021
Lee Zeldin
Lee Zeldin
stated on December 8, 2021 a Tweet:
“Voter ID is supported by an overwhelming majority of NYers, from all across the state, walks of life, & political parties.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 18, 2021
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on November 19, 2021 a radio interview:
“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 26, 2021
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
stated on November 8, 2021 a news release:
New York is "leading the nation with the lowest imprisonment rate of any large state”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 19, 2021
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on October 27, 2021 an Instagram post:
An image of a newspaper article says “True Bethel Baptist Church becomes the first church in NYS to receive a liquor license.”
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2021
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on September 9, 2021 a debate:
“Three percent is not a modest tax increase, if you own a $100,000 home in the city of Buffalo, that means an extra $300 a year.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2021
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on September 26, 2021 a speech:
“My opponent’s plan for people who commit sexual assault, sexual predators, is no jail time.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 14, 2021
India Walton
India Walton
stated on September 9, 2021 a debate:
Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 13, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent $30,000 to attend the Met Gala and “God knows how much on that dress.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 16, 2021
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on August 23, 2021 an interview:
Before 2020, “crime had been falling, every year, year after year, in the city of Buffalo.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 11, 2021
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on July 6, 2021 a tweet:
Every time outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “says the firearm industry ‘is immune from lawsuits,’ it's false.”
Mostly True
By Cassidey Kavathas • August 13, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 10, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says Kathy Hochul is Nancy Pelosi’s stepsister.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 11, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 4, 2021 a viral image:
"I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 9, 2021 an interview:
New and proposed state laws on voting mean “if you are going to be standing in that line for all those hours, you can’t have any water or any food.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 15, 2021
Adriano Espaillat
Adriano Espaillat
stated on June 8, 2021 a Tweet:
“40% of jobs in this country pay less than the average unemployment check of $750/week.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 3, 2021
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