Scranton's finances: leaving distressed status
What they say
Her campaign says she led Scranton out of 30 years of distressed financial status in 2022.
“in 2022, Paige led Scranton out of a 30-year distressed financial status period”
What the record shows ·
The state ended Scranton's Act 47 distressed status on January 25, 2022, almost exactly 30 years after the city entered it in 1992. Cognetti had been mayor since January 2020.
Limit: The exit was the state's decision, and the state's own account says the city's finances had started to turn around in the mid-to-late 2010s, before she took office.