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Latest Fact-Checks In New York

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Patricia Fahy
stated on January 14, 2019 in a radio interview:
As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, “we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part.”   
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 21, 2019
Antonio Delgado
stated on September 12, 2018 in a TV ad:
Says U.S. Rep. John Faso “voted for an age tax on seniors.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 3, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
stated on August 29, 2018 in a debate between Democratic candidates for governor, at Hofstra University.:
“We passed the toughest gun control law in the United States of America, the SAFE Act.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2018
Christine Quinn
stated on May 23, 2018 in a presentation at the State Democratic Convention:
New York state has the “second highest millionaires tax in the nation.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • May 31, 2018
Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 20, 2018 in her announcement to run for governor:
“Since taking office, Andrew Cuomo has given massive tax breaks to corporations and the super rich.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 11, 2018 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
“I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else who protected and defended and harbored a sitting president who had sexual relations in the Oval Office and was impeached for lying.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018
Claudia Tenney
stated on December 3, 2017 in a local news interview:
On the Republican tax plan: “Unfortunately, the wealthy are, again, not going to do well in this bill”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • December 21, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 6, 2017 in a conference call:
“Bump stocks are already illegal in the state of New York. You can’t buy one.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • November 17, 2017
Chris Collins
stated on August 2, 2017 in an op-ed for The Buffalo News:
“Violent crimes where a firearm is used have remained static since 2013 in both New York State and Erie County”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • August 11, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on May 16, 2017 in a speech at a conference:
A national paid leave program “would potentially put into the economy $21 billion dollars annually.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • June 15, 2017
Club for Growth
stated on April 15, 2017 in an ad aired on radio and television:
The conservative proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act “lowers premiums by giving New York the freedom to end Obamacare’s costly and ridiculous rules.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • April 22, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 27, 2017 in an interview in the Press-Republican newspaper in Plattsburgh:
The Keystone XL pipeline “doesn’t even have any oil for America.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • April 16, 2017
Brian Higgins
stated on March 30, 2017 in a memo to the Train Station Site Selection Committee and press release on his website:
Two options for a new train station site in Buffalo are at Canalside
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • April 9, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
stated on February 23, 2017 in and in several other statements over the past two months.:
The proposed state budget contains “an additional tax cut for the middle class.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • March 17, 2017
Michael Long
stated on October 14, 2016 in an interview on Capital Tonight:
Because of its higher minimum wage, New York State is “already showing signs of various companies picking up and leaving.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • December 23, 2016
Elise Stefanik
stated on October 6, 2016 in a television ad:
When asked about bills in Congress important to the North Country, Derrick responded ‘I just don’t know enough about it.’
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • November 1, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on September 15, 2016 in an interview on Live From the State Capitol:
“New York State has been horribly, horribly hurt by NAFTA”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • October 17, 2016
Matt Tighe
stated on September 25, 2016 in a story in The Buffalo News:
Chris Jacobs “has been financed by the same men who are now facing charges in one of Western New York’s largest public corruption schemes”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • October 7, 2016
Bill de Blasio
stated on June 23, 2016 in a press conference at New York City Hall.:
Says “220,000 New Yorkers would have immediately benefitted had President Obama’s executive action been affirmed. So almost a quarter million of our fellow New Yorkers who are hurting right now whose rights and opportunities were taken away by the Supreme Court.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • July 13, 2016
Andrew Cuomo
stated on June 22, 2016 in a press conference in Buffalo before signing legislation to combat heroin addiction.:
“We’re losing as many people to heroin and opioid overdoses as we lost to the AIDS epidemic at its peak.”
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • July 8, 2016
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