Jill Terreri Ramos

PolitiFact New York writer

14 Stories Published

148 Fact-Checks Published

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.

Areas of Expertise

Coronavirus 2 Corrections and Updates 2 County Budget 1 County Government 1 Elections 3 Facebook Fact-checks 1 Health Care 2 Immigration 3 LGBTQ 1 Marijuana 1 Medicaid 1 New York 12 Public Health 1 State Budget 1 States 1 Taxes 1 Terrorism 1

Latest Fact-Checks by Jill Terreri Ramos

Putting claim about “largest tax increase” in context April 22, 2025
Job growth on Kathy Hochul’s watch helped by pandemic recovery December 26, 2024
Constitutional amendment would affirm protections for trans athletes October 15, 2024
Biden order on voter registration tells federal agencies to follow laws, not break them August 2, 2024
Impact of the SALT cap to New Yorkers is overstated June 21, 2024
In debate over sanctuary policies, patchwork of laws and edicts limit cooperation in New York March 29, 2024
Illegal crossings at the US-Canada border increase, but lag far behind the southern border February 23, 2024
New York state’s Clean Slate law doesn’t keep convictions sealed from everyone January 1, 2024
No, difference in voter roll data and election results does not indicate crime October 29, 2023
Fast-food jobs versus the military: Pay comparison missing context July 28, 2023

Latest Stories by Jill Terreri Ramos

Fact-check: Is replacing Joe Biden on the ticket ‘unlawful’? Election law experts say it’s not July 22, 2024
United Facts of America: Experts say facts alone won’t bridge the partisan divide September 27, 2022
Would Tom Hanks have qualified for a coronavirus test in the US? March 12, 2020
Fact-checking Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address February 5, 2020
What we know about Shadow, Acronym and the Iowa caucuses February 4, 2020
A new look for the PolitiFact website February 2, 2020
PolitiFact answers the Senate’s impeachment questions January 31, 2020
Some noncitizens on terror watch list were released into U.S., but how many is not clear February 25, 2025
Overwhelming majority of ballot boxes are secure, rare for ballots to be lost or destroyed October 31, 2024
Prop 1 would not undermine parental consent for minors’ gender-affirming care, experts say October 18, 2024
State budget allocates ‘flexible’ funding for migrant support in New York City May 30, 2024
Fact-checking claims about New York’s marijuana laws August 27, 2023
Hochul’s defense of migrants’ presence in New York state has legal basis, experts say June 20, 2023
For New York counties, a lot of money at stake in Hochul’s Medicaid move March 11, 2023
Fact-checking claims in the Hochul-Zeldin debate October 30, 2022
In New York, uneven progress on increasing voter access August 22, 2022
Fact-checking Glenn Beck’s claim that the U.S. government ‘co-owns’ the COVID-19 vaccine December 10, 2021