Latest Fact-Checks By Jill Terreri Ramos

Clear
stated on January 14, 2026 in a statement:
New York ranks No. 1 in the nation for individual tax burden.
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 17, 2026
Elise Stefanik
Elise Stefanik
stated on November 7, 2025 in a television interview:
Gov. Kathy Hochul has raised taxes.
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 11, 2025
Robert Ortt
Robert Ortt
stated on August 4, 2025 in a statement:
During Gov. Hochul’s tenure, there has been “more crime on our streets.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 27, 2025
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 8, 2025 in a television interview:
Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 22, 2025
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on May 5, 2025 in a television interview:
The state budget contains the largest middle class tax cut in 70 years.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 1, 2025
Michael Lawler
Michael Lawler
stated on March 21, 2025 in a television interview:
“If we don’t pass the tax bill by the end of the year, we will have the largest tax increase in American history.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 22, 2025
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on November 19, 2024 in a public event:
We’ve created 732,000 jobs since I've been governor.
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 26, 2024
Coalition to Protect Kids NY
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."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 15, 2024
Claudia Tenney
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.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 2, 2024
Ritchie Torres
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.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 21, 2024
Kathy Hochul
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.
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 29, 2024
Elise Stefanik
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.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 23, 2024
Nick LaLota
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.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 1, 2024
New York Citizens Audit
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.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 29, 2023
Nicole Malliotakis
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.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 28, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on June 5, 2023 in a podcast:
Atrazine in the water supply is contributing to "sexual dysphoria" in kids.
False
By Grace Abels, Jill Terreri Ramos • June 28, 2023
Kathy Hochul
Kathy Hochul
stated on May 9, 2023 in a news conference:
The New York state budget covers 96% of eligible preschoolers
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 18, 2023
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on April 26, 2023 in a TikTok post:
Fauci, DOD and CDC funded deadly pathogen research at Sudan lab
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 8, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2023 in a social media post:
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants “quarantine camps” and “imprisonment” if you’re suspected of having a disease.
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 29, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 20, 2023 in a news conference:
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “has downgraded over 50% of the felonies to misdemeanors.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 8, 2023
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