New York City sued 30 upstate counties for issuing executive orders blocking local hotels and motels from contracting to house migrants sent from the city.
(Bloomberg) — New York City sued 30 upstate counties for issuing executive orders blocking local hotels and motels from contracting to house migrants sent from the city.
The city filed suit Wednesday in state court in Manhattan. Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement that the suit was aimed at ending “xenophobic bigotry” on the part of county and local officials. The mayor has been vocal about the challenges facing the city due to an increase in migrants, many of them sent to New York by Republican governors like Texas’s Greg Abbott.
“Since this crisis began, New York City has — virtually on its own — stepped up to provide shelter, food, clothing, and other services to asylum seekers arriving in our city,” Adams said Wednesday. “We are doing our part and will continue to do our part, but we need every locality across the state to do their part as well.”
The suit comes a day after a federal judge in Westchester County blocked executives orders by Rockland and Orange Counties, saying they were likely unconstitutionally discriminatory.
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