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PolitiFact New York writer

Jill Terreri Ramos writes for PolitiFact New York and the Buffalo News. Previously, she covered politics and government at the Buffalo News, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, and the Niagara Gazette.

Featured Statements

Kathy Hochul
stated on November 19, 2024 in a public event:

We’ve created 732,000 jobs since I've been governor.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 26, 2024
Coalition to Protect Kids NY
stated on September 29, 2024 in a campaign website:

"The ERA could also mandate that schools allow biological males to compete in girls' sports."

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 15, 2024
Claudia Tenney
stated on July 3, 2024 in a social media post:

Biden Executive Order 14019 “requires our taxpayer-funded federal agencies to violate the Hatch Act and engage in illegal vote harvesting.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 2, 2024
Ritchie Torres
stated on May 23, 2024 in a television interview:

“The loss of SALT deductibility cost our state $15 billion in revenue. So New Yorkers are paying more in taxes and receiving fewer services because of Donald Trump.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 21, 2024
Kathy Hochul
stated on February 22, 2024 in an interview:

In New York, there are no barriers to law enforcement to work with the federal government on immigration laws, and there are 100 crimes where migrants can be handed over.

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 29, 2024
Elise Stefanik
stated on January 28, 2024 in a television interview:

“We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 23, 2024
Nick LaLota
stated on November 18, 2023 in a social media post:

Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024
New York Citizens Audit
stated on August 25, 2023 in a report:

A discrepancy in the number of ballots and voters in the 2022 general election in New York “appears to be a federal crime.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 29, 2023
Nicole Malliotakis
stated on July 14, 2023 in a radio interview:

“You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 28, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast:

Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.

By Grace Abels • June 28, 2023

Some noncitizens on terror watch list were released into U.S., but how many is not clear

By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 25, 2025
Overwhelming majority of ballot boxes are secure, rare for ballots to be lost or destroyed

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 31, 2024
Prop 1 would not undermine parental consent for minors’ gender-affirming care, experts say

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 18, 2024
State budget allocates ‘flexible’ funding for migrant support in New York City

By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 30, 2024
Fact-checking claims about New York’s marijuana laws

By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 27, 2023
Hochul’s defense of migrants’ presence in New York state has legal basis, experts say

By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 20, 2023
For New York counties, a lot of money at stake in Hochul's Medicaid move

By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 11, 2023
Fact-checking claims in the Hochul-Zeldin debate

By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 30, 2022
In New York, uneven progress on increasing voter access

By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 22, 2022
Fact-checking Glenn Beck’s claim that the U.S. government ‘co-owns’ the COVID-19 vaccine

By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 10, 2021