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John Pullano

John Pullano

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John Pullano is a reporter with PolitiFact New York and a student at St. Bonaventure University.

pullanjj18@bonaventure.edu

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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
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
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on February 7, 2021 remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press"
“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mostly False
By John Pullano • February 26, 2021
Stefan Mychajliw
Stefan Mychajliw
stated on January 29, 2021 a press release
"The (Erie Co., N.Y.) health commissioner makes more than the governor, the vice president of the United States, and has a salary that is comparable to Dr. Anthony Fauci.”
Mostly True
By John Pullano • February 5, 2021
James Tedisco
James Tedisco
stated on January 5, 2021 a news release
“New York leads the nation in out-migration of residents, with 126,000 people leaving last year and over one million in the past decade.”
Half-True
By Landon Allison, John Pullano • January 26, 2021
Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on July 20, 2020 a news release
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”
Mostly False
By John Pullano • August 20, 2020
Monica Wallace
Monica Wallace
stated on June 8, 2020 a newspaper interview
Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.
True
By John Pullano • June 18, 2020
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 21, 2020 a tweet
“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”
Mostly True
By John Pullano • May 7, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2020 a briefing
Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.
Half-True
By Rachel Kimmel, John Pullano • April 30, 2020
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