Statements we say are False

Chris Collins

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson "will have to divest his holdings, that’s a requirement" to serve as Secretary of State.

— PolitiFact New York on Friday, December 30th, 2016

Mark Assini

"The photonics bill that was sponsored in Congress and written, was written by Congressman Tom Reed, not Congresswoman Louise Slaughter."

— PolitiFact New York on Friday, November 4th, 2016

Chris Jacobs

"After how hard you work and how much you pay in taxes, New York City ends up getting the money. I'm Chris Jacobs. I think it's time we have someone in Albany that's making sure our region gets our fair share"

— PolitiFact New York on Friday, October 14th, 2016

Basil Seggos

"No fracking waste is being dumped in New York State"

— PolitiFact New York on Friday, September 30th, 2016

Anna Throne-Holst

Lee Zeldin "missed 2/3rds of Veterans Affairs Hearings"

— PolitiFact New York on Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

Robin Schimminger

On job creation numbers in the latest Start-Up NY report: "This is a significant number of overcounts in the compilation that I’ve looked at."

— PolitiFact New York on Friday, August 26th, 2016

Chris Collins

Hillary Clinton "has already said she's going to wipe out the Second Amendment. She doesn't believe in the First Amendment. And, she also believes in big government, which flies in the face of the 10th Amendment"

— PolitiFact New York on Friday, August 12th, 2016

Carl Paladino

In Buffalo's SolarCity project, "Andrew Cuomo will create maybe 500 jobs if it ever happens at all, at about $1.5 million per job."

— PolitiFact New York on Friday, August 5th, 2016