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Hannah Roesch is a reporter with PolitiFact New York and a student at St. Bonaventure University.

Featured Statements

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
TikTok posts
stated on June 5, 2020 in on social media:

“Central Park actually used to be a town called Seneca Village” founded by African Americans in 1825.

By Hannah Roesch • August 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
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 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