The City of New York has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's reversal of previously granted federal funding for emergency shelter for migrants. On February 11, 2025, the federal government withdrew a sum of $80,481,861.42 from the central bank account of the City of New York without notice or proper administrative process. The sum had been paid to the city only a week earlier by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through the agency's congressionally-funded Shelter and Services Program (SSP), which reimburses municipal governments and nonprofits for sheltering migrants released from Department of Homeland Security custody. The plaintiff argue that the withdrawal of New York's funds for sheltering migrants was a part of the Trump administration's larger goal of eliminating the SSP program entirely. The plaintiff allege that the Trump administration's reversal of funding violates the Administrative Procedure Act by taking action outside of statutory authority. The plaintiff requests that the court order the defendants to return the $80 million sum to the City of New York's bank account.
