New York City Mayor Eric Adams has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the seizure of $80.5 million in funding for migrant shelters by the feds.
The funding was revoked last week.
“This morning, our office learned about the federal government clawing back more than $80 million in FEMA grants applied for and awarded under the last administration, but not disbursed until last week,” Adams said in a statement at the time.
“While we conduct an internal investigation into how this occurred, our office has already engaged with the White House about recouping these funds and we’ve requested an emergency meeting with FEMA to try and resolve the matter as quickly as possible,” he added.
The money was part of a series of FEMA payments to local governments to help cover migrant costs.
“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,” Adams said in a statement on Friday night after the lawsuit was filed.
“With very little help from the federal government, our administration has skillfully managed an unprecedented crisis, which has seen over 231,000 people enter our city asking for shelter. The $80 million that FEMA approved, paid, and then rescinded — after the city spent more than $7 billion in the last three years — is the bare minimum our taxpayers deserve,” Adams continued.
“And that’s why we’re going to work to ensure our city’s residents get every dollar they are owed,” he added.
According to a report from the New York Post, “Trump, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are among the defendants listed in the suit.”
Trump recently directed the Department of Justice to dismiss a federal corruption case against Adams.
The president has not yet publicly responded to the lawsuit.
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