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Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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American Automobile Association
stated on April 27, 2020 in a news report:
“New York is one of only 12 states where the average gallon of gas costs more than $2.00.”
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By Michael Hogan, Sean Mickey • May 8, 2020
Jamie Nadler
stated on April 14, 2020 in a newspaper interview:
“Small trials” to test convalescent plasma therapy for coronavirus patients “seem to have had some degree of success.”
True
By Julia Schneider, Jaren Holmes • April 29, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 14, 2020 in a news conference:
“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2020
Viral image
stated on April 2, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows a crowded New York City subway train during stay-at-home order.
True
By Samantha Putterman • April 7, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 17, 2020 in a news conference:
“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 20, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 30, 2020 in a news release:
During his tenure as mayor of New York City, “street homelessness decreased by 28 percent.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 1, 2020
Charles Schumer
stated on January 24, 2020 in a news conference:
“The American people are overwhelmingly with us” in calling witnesses in Senate trial 
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 1, 2020 in a television ad:
“Mayor Bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 percent, covering 700,000 more New Yorkers”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 8, 2020 in a speech:
“We have the lowest corporate tax rate since 1968.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 18, 2020
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 10, 2019 in a campaign stop:
“I actually in 2005 ran on Medicare for all.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 22, 2019
Letitia James
stated on April 23, 2019 in a news conference:
“The enumeration clause speaks to the count of every individual, and not just Americans, not just citizens.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 30, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2019 in a tweet:
“In New York State, Democrats blocked a Bill expanding College Tuition for Gold Star families after approving aid for illegal immigrants.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 18, 2019 in a town hall:
For Cabinet posts, “I have the best voting record against Trump nominees of anyone else running for president”  
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 29, 2019
Nita Lowey
stated on January 7, 2019 in a radio interview:
“The facts are, the majority of opioids and all kinds of other things that are connected to the opioids are coming through the point of entry.”  
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 14, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
stated on December 17, 2018 in a speech:
New York has passed “the best paid family leave” program in the United States of America.
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 7, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 19, 2018 in a radio interview:
“There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 7, 2018
Nate McMurray
stated on October 30, 2018 in a debate:
“Do you know that New York State pays out way more than they ever get back?”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 2, 2018
Marc Molinaro
stated on October 23, 2018 in a debate between candidates for governor in New York City:
On spending growth under Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “Despite the fact that you continue to suggest that you’ve been able to hold the two percent, you haven’t.”  
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 26, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
stated on October 16, 2018 in a campaign advertisement:
“He even supports putting a female inmate in shackles during childbirth.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 19, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 14, 2018 in a news conference in New York City:
“I think I received more votes in the Democratic primary than any governor in history.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 20, 2018
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