PolitiFact | Andrew Cuomo

The Poynter Institute

English Español

Get PolitiFact in your inbox.

Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, was elected to his first term as governor of New York in 2010.

True

0%

Mostly True

13%

Half True

0%

Mostly False

0%

False

0%

Pants on Fire

0%

Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 14, 2021 in a tweet:

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

By Cassidey Kavathas • February 11, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 29, 2021 in a news conference:

“But we’re below the national average in number of deaths in nursing homes.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 9, 2021
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 30, 2020 in a press call:

"We're No. 46 out of 50 states... we're 46th in terms of percentage of deaths in nursing homes."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 16, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on May 20, 2020 in a news conference:

“Why did the state do that with COVID patients in nursing homes? It’s because the state followed President Trump’s CDC guidance.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 13, 2020
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 23, 2020 in a news conference:

“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.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 5, 2020

Viral image
stated on August 10, 2021 in an Instagram post:

CNN had “Jeffrey Toobin on analyzing the Andrew Cuomo sexual harassment allegations as their legal expert.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 10, 2021
Bill Cassidy
stated on February 7, 2021 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“New York, for all of their complaining, Gov. Cuomo's complaining, has only had a 1.5% decrease in revenue” due to the coronavirus pandemic.

By John Pullano • February 26, 2021
Donald Trump
stated on August 20, 2020 in a speech:

“Cuomo ended cash bail ... and now the crime rate has gone through the roof.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on May 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:

If masks prevent coronavirus, governors would have given them to prison inmates instead of releasing them.

By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2020 in an image:

Says the governors of Michigan, New York and Nevada “have issued orders banning the prescription of hydroxychloroquine to patients with COVID-19.”

By Daniel Funke • April 2, 2020

Fact-checking journalism is the heart of PolitiFact. Our core principles are independence, transparency, fairness, thorough reporting and clear writing. The reason we publish is to give citizens the information they need to govern themselves in a democracy.

In a world of wild talk and fake news, help us stand up for the facts.