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Local governments disagree

Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo

Property taxes have "nothing to do with the state."

— PolitiFact New York on Saturday, August 10th, 2019

Mostly False

In Albany, 'tax cut' open to debate

Flanagan
John Flanagan

"The Senate Democrats have not provided one tax cut."  

— PolitiFact New York on Monday, July 8th, 2019

False

Repetition doesn't make it true

McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe

 "Five years ago, when I took office, our state was mired in debt - a $2.4 billion debt left over by Republicans."  

— PolitiFact Virginia on Tuesday, June 25th, 2019

True

Lawmaker has numbers on lockdown

Taylor
Chris Taylor

"We saw the prison population expand and vacancy rates for correctional officers go from 2.9% to 15.2%" over the last eight years.

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, June 4th, 2019

Mostly True

Funding for Dreamers isn't only money for higher ed

Flanagan
John Flanagan

The state budget fully funds "an initiative to provide free college tuition for illegal immigrants, while rejecting an increase in Tuition Assistance Program funding that would help middle-class families afford college."  

— PolitiFact New York on Sunday, April 7th, 2019