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stated on March 4, 2020 in a post on Facebook:
“Man visited Albany, N.Y. days before dying from coronavirus.”
False
By Madison Czopek • March 4, 2020
David DiPietro
stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview:
When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, “the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?”  
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 3, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 1, 2019 in a Tweet:
“Tens of thousands” of people leave New York every week.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 8, 2019
Michael Kearns
stated on June 17, 2019 in a Tweet:
Undocumented drivers “have protections that US citizens don’t receive under Green light bill.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 29, 2019
Chris Collins
stated on May 21, 2019 in a fundraising email:
Says Chris Jacobs is a “Never Trumper.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 31, 2019
Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2019 in a Tweet:
“They didn’t even put up a fight against SALT”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 21, 2019
Michael Long
stated on February 3, 2019 in a radio interview:
Under New York’s new abortion law, “If the baby was born alive, they would just let the baby expire.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 22, 2019
Chris Collins
stated on October 10, 2018 in a direct mail campaign ad:
“Nate McMurray lobbied to send our jobs to China. (And Korea, too.)”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 12, 2018
Marc Molinaro
stated on September 14, 2018 in in a news conference:
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo is “stealing money from the MTA and sending it upstate for projects that have nothing to do with transit.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 21, 2018
Hakeem Jeffries
stated on April 29, 2018 in an interview on CNN:
President Donald Trump’s budget “threatened to cut $2 trillion from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid”
False
By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2018 in a conversation with reporters:
“I think we’re actually ahead” on legalizing marijuana for recreational use in New York state.
False
By Dan Clark • April 17, 2018
Brian Kolb
stated on March 31, 2018 in a statement on the state budget:
This year’s state budget “continues to direct millions in taxpayer dollars in advertising to the failing Start-Up NY program”
False
By Dan Clark • April 9, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2018 in a press conference:
“The only housing authority in the state that we have actually given money to is NYCHA.”
False
By Dan Clark • March 23, 2018
Joel Giambra
stated on February 10, 2018 in a Republican debate for governor:
“I’m the only candidate on this stage who has actually cut taxes.”
False
By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2018 in his State of the State address:
“A case before Washington’s Supreme Court seeks to effectively end public labor unions.”
False
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Brian Higgins
stated on November 3, 2017 in remarks at a House hearing:
“The elimination of income and sales taxes in New York is equal to 9 percent of taxable income, meaning that if you make $100,000 a year you lose $9,000”
False
By Dan Clark • November 20, 2017
Charles Schumer
stated on October 1, 2017 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation:
Trump’s tax plan is “completely focused on the wealthy and the powerful – not the middle class.”
False
By Dan Clark • October 9, 2017
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
stated on August 3, 2017 in an email blast to supporters:
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand “no longer supports the fight to combat the international delegitimization of Israel.”
False
By Dan Clark • September 8, 2017
Diane Savino
stated on May 17, 2017 in an interview on NY1:
Giving a committee chair’s stipend in the New York State Senate to another member of that committee “has been, in fact, a legislative practice for decades.”
False
By Dan Clark • July 10, 2017
John Faso
stated on June 1, 2017 in a radio town hall:
A waiver in the American Health Care Act “doesn’t apply to things like maternity coverage.”
False
By Dan Clark • June 22, 2017
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