New York City sued the Trump administration Friday, demanding the return of some $80 million in federal disaster relief funding that was unceremoniously taken back earlier this month in what City Hall called a “money grab.”
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 who began arriving in the Big Apple in 2022. But on Feb. 11, FEMA — now under new management — abruptly removed a little more than $80 million right from a city bank account without any prior notice or warning.
