New York City filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Friday, recovering $80 million in Congress-approved immigration funds that were quietly seized from city funding last week.
The city's legal department has blown up President Trump for “in illegal money hands” which snatched federal emergency management agency payments without prior notice. According to the lawsuit Filed in US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Payments were diversified to help local governments, including New York City, to be responsible for the massive costs of the immigration crisis.
“Undoubtedly, our immigration system is broken, but the costs of managing an international humanitarian crisis should not fall in just one city,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement Friday night. I stated.
“With little help from the federal government, our administration has managed an unprecedented crisis with over 231,000 people entering our city looking for shelter. FEMA has announced the last three times “After spending more than $7 billion a year, the $80 million FEMA approved, paid and withdrawn is the lowest worthy of our taxpayers,” he continued.
“That's what we're going to work to ensure that the residents of our city get all the dollars they ow.”
Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security Christie Noem and Secretary of Treasury Scott Bescent are among the defendants listed in the lawsuit.
The sudden withdrawal of FEMA fund from its New York City account unfolded on February 11th without Adams' knowledge – Elon Musk is wasted with $59 million in government efficiency in “luxury hotel” A few days after discovering that it was happening, they detained illegal immigrants.
City Secretary Bradlander publicly revealed the missing funds the following morning, denounced Trump and the wealthiest man in “highway robbery.”
New York City scrambled for federal help to pay for shelter for immigrants that flowed across the US-Mexico border, making $58.6 million and 21.9 million under the Biden administration. Two separate grants of dollars were applied and awarded. Federal employee.
The payments were then made under the Shelter and Services program, which Congress allocated $650 million in 2024.
FEMA money, funded by the US Customs and Border Patrol, offers a refund of $12.50 per night per hotel room, and city officials say most of the 150 hotels the city uses to house immigrants. He added that it is not a luxurious accommodation.
The remaining money will be spent on security, food and other services for immigrants, officials said.
“When my office discovers that Elon Musk and his Doge Goon squad stole $80 million from the city's financial resources, we will tell Mayor Adams that the city's lawyers will get the money back to the federal government. “We successfully put pressure on the Democratic mayoral primary in June,” Adams said in a statement Friday.
“The lawyers who stand up to the conspiracy of President Trump and Eric Adams are praiseworthy and look forward to returning the money Donald Trump stole from New York.”
The lawsuit against the commander comes as concern lawmakers are asking Adams to step down or remove after Trump ordered the Justice Department to dismiss a federal corruption case against the mayor.
Federal prosecutors of Daniel Sasson, who suddenly resigned, alleged that the termination led to an inappropriate “Quid Pro” in which the mayor had to make a presidential bid on immigration.
Four vice mayors then resigned from the Hezoner administration.
The alleged deal that Adams' lawyers and DOJ officials denied was widely viewed by critics as continuing to see the mayor to Trump, not New York City voters.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests to post comments.
