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Cassidey Kavathas is a reporter with PolitiFact New York and a student at St. Bonaventure University. She has written for TAP into Greater Olean and serves as the news editor for the Bona Venture as well as news director at WSBU 88.3 The Buzz.

Featured Statements

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
Tom Cotton
stated on April 8, 2021 in a tweet:

“New York's 1,200+ homeless veterans are ineligible for these $15,600 payments.”

By Cassidey Kavathas • May 18, 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
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