The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, Democrat, plans to file a lawsuit against the Trump administration after the federal government secretly revoked more than $ 80 million in funds for migrant shelters in the city.
The Adams administration lawyer sent a letter on Friday to the Comptroller of the city Brad Lander saying that the city's law department planned to take legal measures for the end of next week so that FEMA payments have been received at the beginning of this Week, according to New York, according to New York. Mail. Lander runs against Adams in the primary democratic elections of June for the mayor of the city.
“The law department is currently writing litigation documents regarding this matter,” said The Outlet, the corporation lawyer, Mureil Goode-Trufant, in a letter.
“We intend to initiate legal actions before February 21, 2025. As the law department represents New York City in this matter, there is no need for an authorization for the Comptroller's Office to participate in external legal advice,” says the letter.
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The letter occurred after Lander urged the Adams administration to file a lawsuit or authorize him to hire his own lawyers to sue Trump and Elon Musk, who leads the government's efficiency department.
“Given the severity of the situation, we cannot afford to waste more time. If the mayor preferred to spend his days progressing on the Trump president's agenda instead of fighting for New Yorkers, then the law department must allow me to do it,” Landerr said, “he said,” he said In a statement on Friday.
“Recovering these funds is imperative, and any action, or not action, allowing the Trump administration to continue without consequences would establish a dangerous precedent and make our city an objective over the next four years,” he added.
The revocation of the FEMA funds of the New York City accounts occurred on Tuesday and was first discovered by Lander the next day.
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“Let's be clear: this is the theft of roads. Elon Musk, without legal authority, illegally seized federal New York funds,” Lander said Wednesday.
Musk said Dege found that a FEMA payment of $ 59 million to New York City was being used in luxury hotels to accommodate illegal migrants. Later, Trump repeated Musk's statement and argued that “mass fraud” was happening.
New York City received two separate subsidies during the Biden administration, one for $ 58.6 million and another for $ 21.9 million, since the city tried to pay the migrants of the house, many of which were sent by Texas officials that They were frustrated with the management of the Biden administration of the management of the influx of migrants entering the United States through the southern border.
Payments were made under the refuge and services program that Congress allocated $ 650 million for last year to help local governments respond to the immigration crisis.
The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, leaves the Federal Court at Bajo Manhattan on Friday, September 27, 2024. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
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Fema's money, funded by customs and border protection of the United States, paid $ 12.50 for night reimbursement for each hotel room. The city said that most hotels used to accommodate migrants are not luxurious. The rest of the funds were used for security, food and other services for migrants.
This occurred after the Department of Justice ordered prosecutors to withdraw their federal corruption case against Adams, who had been accused of charges of fraud, bribery and request foreigners campaign contributions. Some have expressed concern that Adams may be indebted to the president because his case was withdrawn.
