Mayor Eric Adams has officially sued the Trump administration over the abrupt withdrawal of $80 million in federal disaster relief funding by FEMA. This funding had been allocated to New York City to assist in managing expenses incurred while caring for migrants. City Hall decries the withdrawal as a "money grab", claiming it contravened federal regulations and terms of the grant. Adams insists that the financial burden of the migrant crisis should not disproportionately affect New York and seeks to recover the funds for the city’s taxpayers, ensuring such actions do not happen again.
Without a doubt, our immigration system is broken, but the cost of managing an international humanitarian crisis should not overwhelmingly fall onto one city alone, Mayor Eric Adams said.
The funds in question were provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in an agreement made during the Biden administration to help the city recoup its own expenses for providing care to tens of thousands of migrants.
City Hall says that move violated federal regulations and terms of the Shelter and Service Program grant terms and marked an abuse of the federal government's authority.
City Corporation Counsel Muriel Goode-Trufant said the lawsuit aims to not only get the $80 million back but also ensure the federal government never again makes such a seizure.
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