Latest Stories By Jill Terreri Ramos

Rep. Claudia Tenney recently claimed that people on the terror watch list have been “let loose” in the United States. Her claim came as part of her argument against New York state’s law that grants driver’s licenses to New Yorkers regardless of their immigration status.  “New York is one of the worst,” Tenney said on Fox News. […]

Millions of Americans have already cast their ballots in the 2024 presidential election, at polling places or by dropping them in the mail or at ballot boxes — long a popular way to return completed ballots. When some ballots were damaged Oct. 28 in fires intentionally set at ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington state, […]

The Coalition to Protect Kids – NY is campaigning across New York state against a constitutional amendment that would strengthen anti-discrimination protections. The group says Proposition 1, also known as the Equal Rights Amendment, would do far more, including infringing on parental rights.  “The ERA could empower courts to allow minors to undergo irreversible medical procedures, […]

New York taxpayers are spending $2.4 billion on services for migrants in New York City, prompting claims from some lawmakers about what the migrants are receiving. Assemblymember Doug Smith, a Long Island Republican, shared an image on his social media accounts that claimed the recently enacted state budget includes free health care and debit cards […]

It seems wherever you go, it is becoming hard to avoid the smell of marijuana, according to one state lawmaker.  State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, has introduced legislation to prohibit marijuana use in public unless a municipality allows it, a measure he says would make New York more like other states that have legalized […]

During a recent appearance at the University at Buffalo, Gov. Kathy Hochul was asked about migrants arriving in upstate counties reportedly with little warning and whether they would soon arrive in other communities.  She said they had a legal right to be in America and seek asylum. “A lot of people are saying the sky […]

Rep. Marc Molinaro, a first-term Republican congressman and a former county executive, claims Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget for the next year would steal $1 billion from counties and put safety net programs in jeopardy. In a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Molinaro said: “Each year, Congress directs billions of Medicaid dollars […]

In the only debate in the race for New York governor, incumbent Kathy Hochul and Rep. Lee Zeldin offered plenty of claims and counterclaims.  Zeldin, a Republican from Long Island, focused on crime, the Buffalo Bills stadium deal, and state’s population loss, while Hochul, an Erie County Democrat, highlighted Zeldin’s friendly relationship with former President Donald […]

In New York, left-leaning politicians talk about how progressive their state is. But when it comes to voting, the Empire State has been slow to adopt voter access measures that have been passed elsewhere for decades.   In California, voting by mail without having to come up with an excuse to do so started four decades […]

In an episode of Glenn Beck’s Blaze TV program that has been clipped and widely shared on Facebook and TikTok, Beck holds up a stack of papers for the camera. “This is 153 pages of the confidential agreement between Moderna and the U.S. government and it goes back to 2015,” Beck says. He then goes […]

The rapper and entrepreneur 50 Cent said that he didn’t want to become “20cent” after learning about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s tax plan.  The entertainer posted a graphic from the CNBC show “Power Lunch” that listed the top tax rates by state under the Biden tax plan. New York state would have a top tax rate […]

Democrats have been talking about the Republican-led legal challenge to the Affordable Health Care Act and how that could affect costs and coverage for people with health problems.  In a Facebook post on Sept. 23, Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Long Island, wrote: “It is inconceivable that in the midst of a global pandemic […]