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John Pullano is a reporter with PolitiFact New York and a student at St. Bonaventure University.

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Lorraine Lewandrowski
stated on February 24, 2021 in a hearing of the New York Senate Agriculture Committee:

It’s not currently “legal for a New York state student to have a glass of fresh whole milk.”

By John Pullano • June 7, 2021
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on March 17, 2021 in a mass email:

Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”

By Landon Allison • April 12, 2021
Bill Cassidy
stated on February 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.

By John Pullano • February 26, 2021
Stefan Mychajliw
stated on January 29, 2021 in a press release:

"The (Erie Co., N.Y.) health commissioner makes more than the governor, the vice president of the United States, and has a salary that is comparable to Dr. Anthony Fauci.”

By John Pullano • February 5, 2021
James Tedisco
stated on January 5, 2021 in a news release:

“New York leads the nation in out-migration of residents, with 126,000 people leaving last year and over one million in the past decade.”

By Landon Allison • January 26, 2021
Robert Ortt
stated on July 20, 2020 in a news release:

Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”

By John Pullano • August 20, 2020
Monica Wallace
stated on June 8, 2020 in a newspaper interview:

Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.

By John Pullano • June 18, 2020
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 21, 2020 in a tweet:

“Immigrants make up a majority of essential workers in places like New York City.”

By Jaren Holmes • May 7, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2020 in a briefing:

Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.

By Rachel Kimmel • April 30, 2020