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Byron Brown
stated on September 26, 2021 in a speech:

“My opponent’s plan for people who commit sexual assault, sexual predators, is no jail time.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 14, 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.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021
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stated on September 13, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent $30,000 to attend the Met Gala and “God knows how much on that dress.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • September 16, 2021
Byron Brown
stated on August 23, 2021 in an interview:

Before 2020, “crime had been falling, every year, year after year, in the city of Buffalo.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 11, 2021
Elise Stefanik
stated on July 6, 2021 in a tweet:

Every time outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo “says the firearm industry ‘is immune from lawsuits,’ it's false.”

By Cassidey Kavathas • August 13, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on August 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Kathy Hochul is Nancy Pelosi’s stepsister.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 11, 2021
Viral image
stated on August 4, 2021 in a viral image:

"I will need to show proof to do anything indoors in” New York City, “but not when I vote?"

By Tom Kertscher • August 9, 2021
Kamala Harris
stated on July 9, 2021 in an interview:

New and proposed state laws on voting mean “if you are going to be standing in that line for all those hours, you can’t have any water or any food.”

By Amy Sherman • July 15, 2021
Adriano Espaillat
stated on June 8, 2021 in a Tweet:

“40% of jobs in this country pay less than the average unemployment check of $750/week.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 3, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“Cuomo opens New York 72 hours before his daughter's wedding.”

By Madison Czopek • June 17, 2021
Lorraine Lewandrowski
stated on February 24, 2021 in 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.”

By John Pullano • June 7, 2021
Clarence McNeill
stated on April 7, 2021 in an email to students:

The use and possession of marijuana on U.S. college campuses “remains prohibited under federal law”

By Landon Allison • June 7, 2021
Andrew Giuliani
stated on May 18, 2021 in a news conference:

"The one good thing about the antibodies if you’ve had it, is it actually is even better than the vaccine, and here's why. With the vaccine you can still transmit, with the antibodies you can't transmit.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 31, 2021
Kevin Parker
stated on April 14, 2021 in a Tweet:

“Law enforcement violence is the leading cause of death for young Black men and women in the US.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 29, 2021
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on March 17, 2021 in a mass email:

Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”

By Landon Allison • April 12, 2021
Liz Krueger
stated on March 30, 2021 in a floor debate:

"In fact, the data coming in from some states that have legalized marijuana is that they actually see a decrease in use over time, particularly among young people."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 9, 2021
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 23, 2021 in an interview with WNYC:

“We had the highest number of (military) sexual assaults ever reported in the last year” and “we had the lowest conviction rate and the lowest prosecution rate.”

By Landon Allison • March 25, 2021
Nicole Malliotakis
stated on March 8, 2021 in a Tweet:

"If you are a hard-working law-abiding citizen who earns $80,000, you don’t get a stimulus check. But if you are a convicted murderer or rapist sitting in jail, you do."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 19, 2021
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 9, 2021 in a State of the State Address:

“California’s [COVID-19] death rate has remained one of the lowest per capita in the nation: 134 deaths per 100,000, compared to 158 nationally, 153 in Texas and 247 in New York.”

By Chris Nichols • March 10, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on March 8, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's net worth is “over $1 million.”

By Tom Kertscher • March 10, 2021
Ron Kim
stated on February 18, 2021 in a radio interview:

Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo "issued a legal blanket immunity, and snuck that into our budget, giving these facilities essentially a license to kill, a get-out-of-jail free card.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 6, 2021
Bill Cassidy
stated on February 7, 2021 in 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.

By John Pullano • February 26, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on February 11, 2021 in an Instagram post:

Due to differing lockdown orders, New York has more COVID-19 cases, deaths, hospitalizations and job losses than Florida, and New York also lags on vaccinations.

By Samantha Putterman • February 26, 2021
Ted Cruz
stated on January 9, 2021 in a tweet:

Said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her allies “blocked a resolution condemning anti-Semitism — which I passed unanimously in the Senate.”

By Landon Allison • February 18, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet:

“No state gets back less from Washington than New York state.”

By Cassidey Kavathas • February 11, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 29, 2021 in a news conference:

“But we’re below the national average in number of deaths in nursing homes.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 9, 2021
Stefan Mychajliw
stated on January 29, 2021 in 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.”

By John Pullano • February 5, 2021
James Tedisco
stated on January 5, 2021 in 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.”

By Landon Allison • January 26, 2021
Colin Schmitt
stated on January 14, 2021 in a news conference:

“We have scientific data, from all different levels, but particularly from the high school sports levels, from numerous different states that shows that it is safe to play what New York is considering high-risk sports.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 26, 2021
Chris Jacobs
stated on January 7, 2021 in a television interview:

“There were several states where outside actors dramatically changed the rules of the road, so to speak, two weeks out, one week out, on how elections would be run.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 13, 2021

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