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13 October
5:59 pm

Our state budget is twice the size of the state of Florida and there's four million more people in [New York]

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

5:59 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific comparative claim about New York's budget being double Florida's despite only having 4 million more people — verifiable against public budget figures and population data
What we foundWhile New York's state budget is approximately twice Florida's, the population claim is inverted: Florida has roughly 3.5 million more residents than New York, not the other way around.
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