New York City Sues 17 Bus Companies for $700M Over Migrant Influx
New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ administration announced Thursday that it had filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen charter bus companies responsible for shipping hundreds of migrants in from Texas, demanding the operators fork over the $708 million officials claim it has cost to house and feed them.
The lawsuit, filed in New York Supreme Court, lays out a plan implemented by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in 2022 to bus migrants to “sanctuary cities” until “there is a change in immigration policy at the Southern Border.” At least 17 charter companies have taken “millions of dollars” from Texas to assist in that scheme, transporting the migrants to New York City for the exorbitant price of $1,650 per person, according to the complaint. (Thousands more have been brought to other cities like Denver, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Washington, D.C.)
More than 33,600 migrants have since made landfall in the city, the lawsuit states, citing numbers released by Abbott’s office late last month. “New York has a law to address just this kind of conduct,” it warns.