“Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Democratic lawmakers are “granting free tuition to illegal immigrants while closing Excelsior Scholarship applications to citizen students.”
Robert Ortt
N.Y. state Senate Republican Leader. a news release. Claim dated 20 Jul 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Contrary to what Ortt said, the closure would have had an equal impact on both U.S. citizens and individuals here illegally.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Robert Ortt (N.Y. state Senate Republican Leader) made this claim around 20 July 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 20 August 2020, 31 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- nysenate.govhttps://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/robert-g-ortt/ny-senate-republican-confe…
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