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13 October
5:12 pm

you spent eight billion dollars on illegal migrants and gave them more benefits than New York get

Overstated

Bruce Blakeman, at New York Governor General Election Debate (Spectrum News)

5:12 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific dollar figure ($8 billion) claimed to have been spent on illegal migrants in New York, and assertion that migrants received more benefits than New York residents — both are verifiable and highly consequential if inaccurate.
What we foundThe '$8 billion' figure conflates state and city spending and applies projected multi-year totals; actual documented state-only spending was far lower (~$3.9B projected over five years), while combined city-and-state spending approached but did not reach $8 billion at the time of the debate. The 'more benefits' claim has partial basis in a specific debit card pilot but overstates the general picture.
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