“President Trump’s tariffs are costing New York households an estimated $4,200 annually.”
What PolitiFact found
Shortly after President Donald Trump imposed wide-ranging tariffs in 2025, the upper range of analysts’ estimates pointed to a per-household burden of around $4,000. More recent estimates for 2025 are significantly lower, ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 per household, because tariffs are lower now.
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In short
Kirsten Gillibrand (U.S. Senator, D-N.Y.) made this claim around 19 March 2026. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 21 May 2026, 63 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Kirsten Gillibrand has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
Where the claim appeared
- gillibrand.senate.govhttps://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/amid-substantial-job-losses-and-risi…
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