Andrew Cuomo

“No state gets back less from Washington than New York state.”

PolitiFact says: Cuomo’s assertion aligns with a widely cited study by the Rockefeller Institute of Government that looked at every state’s balance of payments with the federal government between 2015 and 2018.

“Trump is to blame for the virus coming to New York, because that's the fact. That's what the CDC just said. If Trump's government had done its job, the virus wouldn't come here.”

FactCheck.org says: Cuomo pointed to a study that suggested government officials could have better mitigated the spread of the coronavirus in New York City, but it didn’t say they could have stopped it.

“At the end of the year, we put into that federal pot $116 billion more than we take out,” while Kentucky “takes out $148 billion more than they put in.”

PolitiFact says: Cuomo was right on the numbers, wrong on the timeframe.

“Says that under the law, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “can’t open” the city’s schools.”

PolitiFact says: 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.

“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.”

PolitiFact says: 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.

“Go look at other countries that went through exactly this, started to reopen, and then they saw the infection rate go back up again.”

PolitiFact says: In some countries, cases of Covid-19 increased after relaxing social distancing measures or welcoming inbound travelers.

“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”

“Property taxes have “nothing to do with the state.”