“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”
Andrew Cuomo
Governor. in a news conference. Claim dated 17 Mar 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
In short
Andrew Cuomo (Governor) made this claim around 17 March 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 March 2020, 3 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Andrew Cuomo has 8 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- governor.ny.govhttps://www.governor.ny.gov/news/video-audio-photos-rush-transcript-governor-cuomo-announ…
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