New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a lawsuit against 17 bus and transportation companies helping to send asylum-seekers to the city as it deals with major budget issues surrounding the crisis.
The city is seeking $708 million in the lawsuit to cover costs for caring for migrants.
“New York City has and will always do our part to manage this humanitarian crisis, but we cannot bear the costs of reckless political ploys from the state of Texas alone,” Adams said in a statement. "Today, we are taking legal action against 17 companies that have taken part in Texas Governor [Greg] Abbott’s scheme to transport tens of thousands of migrants to New York City in an attempt to overwhelm our social services system.
He continued, “These companies have violated state law by not paying the cost of caring for these migrants, and that’s why we are suing to recoup approximately $700 million already spent to care for migrants sent here in the last two years by Texas.”
Two things here. One is that you are confusing New York and New York City. I absolutely do believe an entire state can manage better than a city. The second thing is that Texas and other border states do receive federal funds for managing the border. Not as much as maybe they require but they do get federal help.
More accurately, it’s mostly because they’re doing it against their will. You get a bus load of people with no support system who don’t want to be here but can’t afford to get anywhere else.
The reason they should stop is it’s inhumane, not that we in NYC can’t handle more people.
they’re also lying to get people on the busses
It’s called “kidnapping,” and you or I would be in jail for decades or life for it.
I’m not actually. Presumably the city is working with the state as well - I don’t know though.
Yeah - that’s true.
yes
Dick. Must everyone on lemmy be 100% confident in everything? I’m tired of being voted down and insulted because my responses aren’t knee-jerk liberal propaganda.
Reddit is better.
Go back then
There’s nothing that screams insecurity as much as an insult followed by the use of epithets. Seriously, though, get a hold of yourself.