New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on city officials to step in after the federal government seized over $80 million he says was given to the city to house migrants.

The City of New York filed a lawsuit Friday against the federal government to reclaim $80 million the Federal Emergency Management Agency clawed back that was meant to cover hotel costs for migrants,

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

Trump administration officials terminated four FEMA officials and then took back millions in reimbursement funds meant to house migrants.

Federal funds to reimburse the city for costs of the migrant crisis have been withdrawn from city bank accounts, City Comptroller Brad Lander said.

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 his office had been aware that the federal government had access to the city’s bank account.

President Trump and Elon Musk illegally revoked more than $80 million in funds from New York City bank accounts after Musk threatened to claw back FEMA funds used to house migrants in

The suit alleges that FEMA abused its authority in removing money from the city’s central treasury account seven days after it was received.

New York City sued the Trump administration on Friday for clawing back $80.5 million of grants intended to cover part of the city's cost of housing migrants.