“The Manhattan DA is actually proposing to downgrade armed robbery to a misdemeanor, and to stop prosecuting resisting arrest.”
Tom Suozzi
New York gubernatorial candidate. a campaign ad. Claim dated 21 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
The new Manhattan district attorney did lay out some new prosecutorial guidelines, but Suozzi oversimplified what the DA was proposing.
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In short
Tom Suozzi (New York gubernatorial candidate) made this claim around 21 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 16 March 2022, 54 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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