Latest Fact Checks By Jill Terreri Ramos

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IRS building sign with tree branch

Putting claim about “largest tax increase” in context

April 22, 2025
“If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul at NYC biz chat, 11-19-2024

Job growth on Kathy Hochul’s watch helped by pandemic recovery

December 26, 2024
We’ve created 732,000 jobs since I've been governor.
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Voting at Columbia U

Constitutional amendment would affirm protections for trans athletes

October 15, 2024
"The ERA could also mandate that schools allow biological males to compete in girls' sports."
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Man in Chicago fills out voter registration form 10-11-20

Biden order on voter registration tells federal agencies to follow laws, not break them

August 2, 2024
Biden Executive Order 14019 “requires our taxpayer-funded federal agencies to violate the Hatch Act and engage in illegal vote harvesting.”
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Internal Revenue Service sign

Impact of the SALT cap to New Yorkers is overstated

June 21, 2024
“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…
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ICE agent with vest facing away from the camera

In debate over sanctuary policies, patchwork of laws and edicts limit cooperation in New York

March 29, 2024
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…
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U.S.-Canada border Swanton sector HQ

Illegal crossings at the US-Canada border increase, but lag far behind the southern border

February 23, 2024
“We’ve seen an 800% increase in the Swanton sector, which is the part of the northern border that I represent, in illegal crossings.”
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs New York state''s Clean Slate Act in Brooklyn, N.Y., 11-16-2023

New York state’s Clean Slate law doesn’t keep convictions sealed from everyone

January 1, 2024
Under New York’s Clean Slate Act “violent crimes … will now be automatically sealed after a set time - like they never happened.”
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NYC New York poll worker at printing machine 11-1-22

No, difference in voter roll data and election results does not indicate crime

October 29, 2023
A discrepancy in the number of ballots and voters in the 2022 general election in New York “appears to be a federal crime.”
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Soldiers in UAE

Fast-food jobs versus the military: Pay comparison missing context

July 28, 2023
“You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.”
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Kid in water fountain, 7-31-2015

No evidence atrazine in the water supply is causing more kids to identify as transgender

June 28, 2023
Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.
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Hochul School 5-9-2023

New York state funding for pre-K is climbing, but districts face barriers to serving everyone

May 18, 2023
The New York state budget covers 96% of eligible preschoolers
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