Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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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
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
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
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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2021 a Facebook post
“Cuomo opens New York 72 hours before his daughter's wedding.”
False
By Madison Czopek • June 17, 2021
Lorraine Lewandrowski
Lorraine Lewandrowski
stated on February 24, 2021 a hearing of the New York Senate Agriculture Committee
It’s not currently “legal for a New York state student to have a glass of fresh whole milk.”
True
By John Pullano • June 7, 2021
Clarence McNeill
Clarence McNeill
stated on April 7, 2021 an email to students
The use and possession of marijuana on U.S. college campuses “remains prohibited under federal law”
Mostly True
By Landon Allison • June 7, 2021
Andrew Giuliani
Andrew Giuliani
stated on May 18, 2021 a news conference
"The one good thing about the antibodies if you’ve had it, is it actually is even better than the vaccine, and here's why. With the vaccine you can still transmit, with the antibodies you can't transmit.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 1, 2021
Kevin Parker
Kevin Parker
stated on April 14, 2021 a Tweet
“Law enforcement violence is the leading cause of death for young Black men and women in the US.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 29, 2021
Nicholas Langworthy
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on March 17, 2021 a mass email
Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”
Mostly True
By Landon Allison, John Pullano • April 12, 2021
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