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Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2026 in remarks in Suffern, New York:
“No Republican wins in Nassau.”
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola • June 12, 2026
John Kagia
stated on April 2, 2026 in an interview with Politico:
“The number of New Yorkers who consume cannabis daily or near daily is the same as the number of New Yorkers who buy coffee from…
Mostly False
By Mary McNaughton • June 5, 2026
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 19, 2026 in a press release:
“President Trump’s tariffs are costing New York households an estimated $4,200 annually.”
Mostly False
By Austin Townley • May 21, 2026
Liz Krueger
stated on March 5, 2026 in an op-ed:
Proposed data centers in New York state would use “approximately double the energy usage of all households in the state combined.”
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola, Ryan Lombardi • May 7, 2026
Bruce Blakeman
stated on March 10, 2026 in a social media post:
As Nassau County Executive, I hired 600 new law enforcement officers and made Nassau the safest county in America.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 3, 2026
X posts
stated on November 2, 2025 in an X post:
New York state has “no ID requirement” to vote, and people could lie about their address and “vote in multiple precincts.”
Mostly False
By Maria Briceño • November 4, 2025
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2025 in a television interview:
Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic…
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025
Ritchie Torres
stated on May 23, 2024 in a television interview:
“The loss of SALT deductibility cost our state $15 billion in revenue. So New Yorkers are paying more in taxes and receiving fewer services because…
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 21, 2024
Jason Pizzo
stated on May 30, 2024 in a post on X:
“Trump can’t vote for himself in the November election.”
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 31, 2024
Kathy Hochul
stated on February 22, 2024 in an interview:
In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where…
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 29, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2024 in a Truth Social post:
The $454 million bond is “unprecedented, and practically impossible for ANY Company.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2024
Nick LaLota
stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post:
Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time – like they never happened.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024
X posts
stated on May 20, 2023 in on social media:
A printer error in Nassau County, New York, turned every registered voter Democratic.
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola • June 19, 2023
Instagram posts
stated on May 20, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“NYC mayor plans to track and limit meat and dairy.”
Mostly False
By Jeff Cercone • May 25, 2023
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on February 10, 2023 in a tweet:
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm met “with the radical green energy group behind the gas stove ban,” which “has ties to the” Chinese Communist Party.
Mostly False
By Conor Amendola, Mary McNaughton • March 9, 2023
William Barclay
stated on December 1, 2022 in a radio interview:
California has twice the population of New York, but spends $260 billion, while New York spends $220 billion.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 13, 2023
Social Media
stated on August 30, 2022 in social media posts:
In New York, you need to show identification to buy whipped cream, but not to vote.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 1, 2022
Sean Ryan
stated on March 3, 2022 in an op-ed:
“New York state has already lost 99% of its historic freshwater wetlands.”
Mostly False
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • March 29, 2022
Chris Jacobs
stated on November 19, 2021 in 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
India Walton
stated on September 9, 2021 in 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
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