The city claims the Trump administration has re-extracted funds from its New York City bank account without warning.
New York City filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday for withdrawing $80.5 million in grants allocated for housing costs for illegal immigrants.
On February 11, the White House was originally sent to the city through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Shelter and Services Program (SSP) for illegal immigration assistance.
The federal government failed to comply with FEMA procedures and federal regulations, according to the lawsuit.
The city claims that it was applied and awarded for funds paid to reimburse the costs already incurred in the spring of 2022 to ease the stems of illegal immigrants to the city.
FEMA sent the funds to New York City on February 4th. A week later, the agency recaptured the funds.
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The lawsuit alleges that the funds were returned without notice or management processes that violated the terms of the SSP grant.
“I have taken back the full payment that FEMA deep state activists unilaterally gave to NYC immigrant hotels.”
New York City will ask the court to order a $80.5 million return, similar to an injunction for similar future actions.
Adams said the city has spent more than $7 billion on the immigration crisis over the past three years.
“That’s what we’re going to work to ensure that our city residents get all the dollars they ow. To ensure that New York taxpayers start to become whole again. I would like to thank the whole Corporation Counsel Good-Trufant and the Legal Department team for working there.”
Elon Musk, in a post on February 10th in X, the government’s Office of Efficiency (DOGE) discovered that $59 million of the $89 million was used to house illegal immigrants in luxury hotels He said.
Noem also said the city used the funds to make the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan a shelter for illegal immigrants, which resulted in its sales base for Gang Tren de Lagua in Venezuela.
The city said mask social posts were inaccurate and that claims about the Roosevelt Hotel were unfounded.
It said funds were paid to the city to support shelters and related activities offered by non-federal agencies to mitigate overcrowding at short-term US customs and border security facilities.
“Today’s lawsuit – filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York — the letter, as many have publicly stated, describes the true purpose of the defendant’s “bulk of money.” It claims to be just a cover cover for concealment. Funds are forever withheld to oppose the purposes that have been allocated, awarded, approved and paid,” the city said in a press release.
The mayor said the city’s immigration system was being breached, but rejected the notion that the city should not have a bill to amend it without federal support.
Adams met with White House border emperor Tom Homan on February 13th.
