The program uses Customs and Border Protection funding and is managed by FEMA. It does not use money from FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund.

Communities across New York rely on funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after intense floods and storms. Now, some are worried as President Trump says he wants to get rid of the agency.

The acting head of the federal agency responsible for responding to disasters says he’s suspending payments sent to New York City to house migrants and that staff who made them will be held accountabl

The funding was clawed back as New York City denies allegations by tech billionaire Elon Musk the money was going toward “luxury” hotel lodging for migrants.

Officials say the Federal Emergency Management Agency has clawed back more than $80 million from New York City.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated four employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) over allegations of unauthorized payments totaling $59 million to New York City hotels for housing migrants.

New York City has filed a federal lawsuit against the Trump administration for the seizure of over $80 million in FEMA funds.

The ruling comes after Elon Musk claimed, without evidence, that $59 million in FEMA funds were used to cover high-end hotels for migrants.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is moving to shut down migrant shelter sites across the city as the flow of new arrivals begins to slow down amid a federal immigration crackdown. Adams announced this week that the city will close the Asylum Seeker Arrival Center at New York's iconic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan,