“With the ongoing pandemic, our State Park attendance is at the highest it’s ever been.”
Rob Ortt
minority leader, NY state Senate. a news release. Claim dated 22 Jan 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisTrue
What PolitiFact found
New York state park attendance rose by over 400,000 visitors between 2020 and 2021. And 2020 had already set an all-time high for state park attendance.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rob Ortt (minority leader, NY state Senate) made this claim around 22 January 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 March 2022, 46 days later. Its rating was “True”.
Where the claim appeared
- nysenate.govhttps://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/robert-g-ortt/senate-republican-leader-o…
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