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13 October
6:00 pm

They've gone up eight billion dollars since you've been governor.

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

6:00 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific financial figure ($8 billion increase) attributed to the incumbent governor's tenure — a concrete, verifiable claim about spending or debt levels
What we foundThe referent of 'they've gone up eight billion dollars' is ambiguous, but debate reporting suggests Blakeman used the $8 billion figure specifically to describe spending on migrants; no independent primary source confirms exactly $8 billion in migrant-related spending under Hochul, and the figure cannot be verified or refuted with available sources.
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