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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: #2,750 - FEMA yanks back $80 million that New York City meant to cover hotel costs for migrants
Description: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has clawed back more than $80 million from New York City, officials said Wednesday, escalating a dispute between the Trump administration and the nation’s largest city over money for sheltering migrants.The move came as a federal judge said he wouldn’t stop FEMA from reclaiming the funds.Gone is a $59 million grant that the administration challenged earlier in the week and another award for $21.5 million, City Comptroller Brad Lander said. The money was discovered to be missing overnight, and Lander said no one in h...