New York City Comptroller Brad Lander has accused Elon Musk of “highway robbery” after $80 million approved by Congress “vanished” from the city’s bank account.
The Trump administration “clawed back” the $80 million that the Federal Emergency Management Agency paid to New York City last week to help house migrants, federal officials confirmed.
Lander, who is running for New York City mayor, also hit out at current Mayor Eric Adams for not “fighting back.” The federal Department of Justice dropped corruption charges against Adams soon after he was seen socializing with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
The Trump administration snatched back from the city’s bank account $80 million appropriated by Congress to help house migrants.
The rescinded funds raise legality issues facing funding freezes and take-backs by Elon Musk and the Trump administration often in the wake of legally executed congressional appropriations and documents laying out payments and even funds for work already provided and costs incurred.
