“Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.”
Andrew Cuomo
Governor of New York. a briefing. Claim dated 11 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
New York state law does permit the governor to seize school-closing powers in a declared emergency, but Cuomo hasn’t seized those particular powers.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Andrew Cuomo (Governor of New York) made this claim around 11 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 April 2020, 19 days later. Its rating was “Half 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.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.