According to Mayor Adams, one out of the seventeen bus companies that NYC is suing has agreed to temporarily cease transporting migrants.
The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, has filed a lawsuit against 17 charter bus companies accused of bringing asylum seekers to the city. One of the companies has agreed to temporarily stop the transportation.
The legal action accuses the charter bus companies of breaking New York’s Social Services Law.
By relocating the individuals seeking asylum from Texas to New York City and failing to provide them with proper assistance.
On Wednesday, the mayor’s office declared that Roadrunners Charters, Inc. will stop transporting migrants to New York City or its nearby vicinity while the case is ongoing.
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has a plan to bring numerous migrants to our city in order to overwhelm our shelter system and transfer expenses to New York City. However, he has agreed to stop the transportation of migrants into and around New York City while the legal case continues. We urge other bus companies involved in this lawsuit to follow suit,” stated Adams on Wednesday.
The court case is focused on 17 transportation companies and is asking for around $708 million. The claim is that these companies have brought at least 33,600 individuals to New York City since spring of 2022 without compensating for their ongoing care.
The companies are accused of acting in “bad faith” by engaging in this behavior.
Jesse Zanger
Source: cbsnews.com