“New York state has already lost 99% of its historic freshwater wetlands.”
Sean Ryan
New York state senator. an op-ed. Claim dated 3 Mar 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Ryan’s office acknowledged that they had mistakenly used the figure for New York City and they changed the figure to 60% after we inquired. That data is 30 years old, but experts say it's still probably in the ballpark.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Sean Ryan (New York state senator) made this claim around 3 March 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 March 2022, 26 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- nysenate.govhttps://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/in-the-news/sean-m-ryan/op-ed-protecting-1-million-acre…
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