Latest Fact-Checks By Jill Terreri Ramos

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 30, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Vaccines are why flights have been shut down worldwide.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 3, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 10, 2021 in a Facebook post:
NASA study says snake plants can produce enough oxygen for humans to live in a sealed room.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 22, 2021
Lee Zeldin
Lee Zeldin
stated on December 8, 2021 in a Tweet:
“Voter ID is supported by an overwhelming majority of NYers, from all across the state, walks of life, & political parties.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 18, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 4, 2021 in a blog post:
"2,809 Dead Babies in VAERS Following COVID Shots as New Documents Prove Pfizer, the FDA, and the CDC Knew the Shots Were Not Safe for Pregnant Women"
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 15, 2021
Chris Jacobs
Chris Jacobs
stated on November 19, 2021 in a radio interview:
“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 26, 2021
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
NYS Department of Corrections and Community Supervision
stated on November 8, 2021 in a news release:
New York is "leading the nation with the lowest imprisonment rate of any large state”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 19, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 14, 2021 in a blog post:
“Biden’s banking nominee demands all ‘private bank accounts’ be eliminated”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 19, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 1, 2021 in a Facebook post:
No new COVID-19 cases in Uttar Pradesh, India, due to use of ivermectin
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 12, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 24, 2021 in in a TikTok video:
Product shortages are manufactured; goods are stuck in warehouses.
Pants on Fire!
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 4, 2021
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on September 9, 2021 in a debate:
“Three percent is not a modest tax increase, if you own a $100,000 home in the city of Buffalo, that means an extra $300 a year.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 28, 2021
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on September 26, 2021 in a speech:
“My opponent’s plan for people who commit sexual assault, sexual predators, is no jail time.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • October 14, 2021
India Walton
India Walton
stated on September 9, 2021 in a debate:
Under Mayor Byron Brown, “we’ve been defunding community centers, our pools were closed this summer, we’ve been defunding senior and youth services.”
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 24, 2021
Byron Brown
Byron Brown
stated on August 23, 2021 in an interview:
Before 2020, “crime had been falling, every year, year after year, in the city of Buffalo.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 11, 2021
Adriano Espaillat
Adriano Espaillat
stated on June 8, 2021 in a Tweet:
“40% of jobs in this country pay less than the average unemployment check of $750/week.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 3, 2021
Andrew Giuliani
Andrew Giuliani
stated on May 18, 2021 in a news conference:
"The one good thing about the antibodies if you’ve had it, is it actually is even better than the vaccine, and here's why. With the vaccine you can still transmit, with the antibodies you can't transmit.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • June 1, 2021
Kevin Parker
Kevin Parker
stated on April 14, 2021 in a Tweet:
“Law enforcement violence is the leading cause of death for young Black men and women in the US.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 29, 2021
Liz Krueger
Liz Krueger
stated on March 30, 2021 in a floor debate:
"In fact, the data coming in from some states that have legalized marijuana is that they actually see a decrease in use over time, particularly among young people."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • April 9, 2021
Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis
stated on March 8, 2021 in a Tweet:
"If you are a hard-working law-abiding citizen who earns $80,000, you don’t get a stimulus check. But if you are a convicted murderer or rapist sitting in jail, you do."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 19, 2021
Ron Kim
Ron Kim
stated on February 18, 2021 in a radio interview:
Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo "issued a legal blanket immunity, and snuck that into our budget, giving these facilities essentially a license to kill, a get-out-of-jail free card.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 6, 2021
Lee Merritt
Lee Merritt
stated on January 16, 2021 in a video shared on Facebook:
The COVID-19 vaccine “went out for distribution” in Nebraska “days before the FDA even said they were going to approve it.”
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • February 9, 2021
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