Trump administration cancels $188M in grants New York City was using to shelter migrants

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

The Trump administration canceled $188 million in federal grants meant to reimburse New York City for sheltering migrants, saying the money was being spent to support illegal immigration and leading the city’s mayor to vow to fight the clawback.

In a letter sent April 1 and shared with The Associated Press on Tuesday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency informed city officials that it was canceling the grants, which included roughly $80 million that the agency withdrew from city’s bank account in February.

The latest move would require the city to return an additional $106 million that officials said was used to house and care for migrants.

Mayor Eric Adams, whose administration has sued for the return of the initial $80 million, said his office would also fight the wider grant cancellations.

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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
Updated 3:18 PM EDT, April 8, 2025


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-adams-migrants-shelter-clawback-81c4b86b78d551ac4a21ac061e277998

[AZJonnie]

1. I could swear it was argued for weeks that this money going to NYC refugees was not FEMA's money

but rather an allocation that FEMA was only administering? Do other people remember that? Was I (and so many others) totally wrong? It actually was FEMA's money all along to spend (or not) as they wanted, and they are not legally bound to use this money toward helping refugees?

OR, and hear me out for second? This is actually just another bullshit move Trusk legally should not be able to do, and that AP is dutifully and credulously reporting as if it were routine?

Both as per their usual