“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.”
What PolitiFact found
The calendar year figure Cassidy cited includes nearly three months with relatively normal, pre-pandemic economic activity, distorting the budget picture. Officials have already projected bigger fiscal year shortfalls.
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In short
Bill Cassidy (U.S. Senator, R-La.) made this claim around 7 February 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 February 2021, 19 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Bill Cassidy has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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