NYC Files Lawsuit Against 17 Bus Companies Over Migrant Transportation

NYC Files $708 Million Lawsuit against 17 Bus Companies over Migrant Transportation, accusing them of Violating State Law. The Companies are alleged to have Transported over 33,000 Migrants from Texas to New York City, as part of a Campaign initiated by Texas's Governor, to expel Individuals crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border Illegally.

A Migrant Surge continues to overwhelm Authorities at the US-Mexico Border, and in U.S. Cities where many Asylum seekers are being sent.

After attempting to pump the brakes on “rogue buses” from Texas dropping off Migrants by the thousands, the Mayor of New York City has Filed a Lawsuit against Charter Bus Companies that transported Migrants from Texas to New York City.

The Lawsuit, names 17 Charter Bus companies from: Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio, and Texas, was filed in New York Supreme Court on Wednesday, and is seeking Damages to cover the Care provided for at least 33,600 Asylum Seekers, who have arrived in the City since 2022.

Mayor Adams’ (D), latest Legal action to curb the flow of Asylum Seekers to New York City, aims to tackle the Financial Burden placed on the City, as a result of the mounting Migrant Crisis, that is Taxing Local Resources, which are already stretched thin.

Last week, Adams signed an Executive Order requiring All Charter Buses carrying Asylum Seekers into the City, to comply with Guidelines that Regulate when and where Migrants can be dropped off, and requires Advance written Notice of their Arrival, under the Threat of Impound, Fines, and even Jail time. But “not one bus from Texas” had complied, Adams’ Chief Counsel Lisa Zornberg said Wuesday.

At the direction of Texas’ Gov. Greg Abbott (R), the State has bused over 90,000 Migrants to “Sanctuary Cities” run by Democratic Elected Officials like: Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington, DC, since April 2022, according to numbers released by the Governor’s Office Friday.

The Lawsuit, filed by New York City Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, alleging they acted in “bad faith” by intentionally Transporting “people into New York City with the ‘evil intention’ of shifting the costs of the care” for them to the State of New York.

From April 2022 through December 29th, 2023, the Bus Companies transported Individuals knowing that “they were transporting individuals who were likely to, and in fact did, seek shelter and emergency services from the City of New York,” the Lawsuit alleges.

The Suit cites Section 149 of the New York Social Services Law, which says, any Person “who knowingly brings, or causes to be brought, a needy person from out of the state into this state for the purpose of making him a public charge” will be obligated “to convey such person out of the state or to support him at his own expense.”

The Charter Bus 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,” Adams said in a Statement Thursday.

The Lawsuit alleges the Charter Bus companies “have earned millions of dollars in revenues from Texas” for aiding in the implementation of Abbott’s Plan to Bus Migrants to Sanctuary Cities to relieve its overwhelmed Border Towns.

Leaders of several Chicago Suburbs have also Voted to Restrict Buses from dropping off Migrants without Notice.









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