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“Some states, like Montana and Nebraska, are getting more than $300,000 in federal stimulus money per reported COVID-19 case. New York is the hardest-hit state and yet we are getting only about $12,000 per case.”
Andrew Cuomo governor of New York. a tweet. Claim dated 12 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True

What PolitiFact found

Cuomo is basically right, though he addressed only one segment of the stimulus aid, and he glossed over the distinction between aid to states and aid to health care providers within those states.

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In short

Andrew Cuomo (governor of New York) made this claim around 12 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 29 April 2020, 17 days later. Its rating was “Mostly 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.

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