Latest Half-True Fact-checks on Bill de Blasio Clear Any Rating True Mostly True Half True Mostly False False Pants on Fire Full Flop Half Flip No Flip Any Speaker Any Date Range Last 3 Months Last 6 Months Last 12 Months 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 Any Category Bill de Blasio stated on May 17, 2019 in an interview: "We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years." Bill de Blasio stated on February 13, 2017 in his 2017 State of the City address: "We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state."
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Bill de Blasio stated on May 17, 2019 in an interview: "We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years." Bill de Blasio stated on February 13, 2017 in his 2017 State of the City address: "We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state."
Bill de Blasio stated on May 17, 2019 in an interview: "We’ve lifted hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty in the last five years."
Bill de Blasio stated on February 13, 2017 in his 2017 State of the City address: "We raised the minimum wage to $15 first in city government. Now, working together with people in Albany, it's the law of the state."
