Donald Trump took away a million dollars in public safety money intended to go for police and fire.
OverstatedKathy Hochul, at New York Governor General Election Debate (Spectrum News)
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Why we checked itSpecific claim about federal funding being withheld from New York for police and fire — verifiable against federal funding records.
What we foundThe Trump administration's DHS did cut public safety funding intended for New York police and fire, but the amount was in the hundreds of millions of dollars — not 'a million dollars' as claimed.