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Chris Jacobs
stated on June 17, 2020 in an ad:

“As a lawyer working in Korea, Nate McMurray helped send American jobs to Asia”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 20, 2020
Chris Jacobs
stated on June 13, 2020 in remarks in a debate:

Says Nate McMurray said that “gun owners are part of the most insecure and dangerous club on earth,” that “the NRA are homegrown terrorists,” and that “abortion opponents are the American Taliban.”

By Meghan Hall • June 18, 2020
Monica Wallace
stated on June 8, 2020 in a newspaper interview:

Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.

By John Pullano • June 18, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on May 20, 2020 in a news conference:

“Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes? It’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC guidance.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 13, 2020
George Borrello
stated on May 11, 2020 in a press release:

“Infection rates in Allegany, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have consistently been among the lowest in the state.”

By Michael Hogan • June 12, 2020
Beth Parlato
stated on May 7, 2020 in a video in a tweet:

Said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that “with all the technology we have, we don't need actual classrooms.”

By Meghan Hall • June 12, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on June 9, 2020 in a tweet:

"Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment ... Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?"

By Bill McCarthy • June 9, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on May 18, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Texas and Florida have a “balanced budget” while California is “in debt $54 billion and New York is “in debt $6.1 billion.”

By Amy Sherman • May 26, 2020
Andy Biggs
stated on May 7, 2020 in a letter:

"States like New York, Illinois and California have been vocal in their demands for funding to bail out their pension systems, which were failing long before the COVID-19 outbreak, and other programs that aren’t related to this crisis."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.

By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2020
Coalition for the Homeless
stated on April 8, 2020 in a newspaper interview:

New York City could pay to house its homeless population in hotel rooms currently sitting vacant, but Mayor Bill de Blasio “has absolutely to this point refused to do that.”

By Rachel Kimmel • May 13, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on May 3, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Central Park hospital tents housed thousands of abused children released from underground captivity.

By Madison Czopek • May 8, 2020
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.”

By Michael Hogan • May 8, 2020
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet:

“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”

By Jaren English • May 7, 2020
Nate McMurray
stated on April 8, 2020 in a tweet:

Congressional candidate Chris Jacobs “voted against paid leave for COVID-19.”

By Meghan Hall • May 6, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference:

“At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 5, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2020 in a briefing:

Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.

By Rachel Kimmel • April 30, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 12, 2020 in a tweet:

“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”

By Meghan Hall • April 29, 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.”

By Jaren English • April 29, 2020
Lovely Warren
stated on April 8, 2020 in a press conference:

Racial comparisons on coronavirus statistics in Monroe County, N.Y., show that the impact on minorities is “basically on par, a little bit up, from the population numbers,” meaning that “we don’t see that disparity as much here.”

By Michael Hogan • April 23, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on April 10, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Herd immunity is probably why California has far fewer COVID-19 deaths than New York.

By Tom Kertscher • April 21, 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.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 20, 2020
Kathy Hochul
stated on April 8, 2020 in a television interview:

Gov. Andrew Cuomo “was simply saying if we can share 20 percent of your excess, your non-used ventilators, to help people in other parts of the state on a voluntary basis, that would be great. Of course, there was a reaction to that, which was not positive."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 14, 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.

By Samantha Putterman • April 7, 2020
Jerome Adams
stated on March 27, 2020 in a television interview:

“They’re furloughing nurses in hospitals in western New York state.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 2, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on March 24, 2020 in a Fox News town hall:

Says N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo “rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 for the pandemic, for a pandemic, established death panels and lotteries instead. So, he had a chance to buy, in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price, and he turned it down.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 25, 2020
Chris Jacobs
stated on March 4, 2020 in a television commercial:

"Nate McMurray wants to reward illegals with amnesty."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 24, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 17, 2020 in a news conference:

“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 20, 2020
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2020 in a blog post:

“NYC man drops dead in middle of street — suspected coronavirus!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2020 in a Tweet:

Michael Bloomberg “did not poll well as mayor in handling crisis!”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2020

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