New York joined a coalition of 11 states on Wednesday that are suing to stop President Trump from imposing costly tariffs under emergency powers in what officials call the most significant “federal tax hike in American history.”
In a bid to block the tariffs, state Attorney General Letitia James and Gov. Kathy Hochul filed the lawsuit on April 23, claiming the administration’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to raise taxes on imports from nearly every country violates federal law, stating it only applies in the face of an “unusual and extraordinary threat.”
