Federal funds to reimburse the city for costs of the migrant crisis have been withdrawn from city bank accounts, City Comptroller Brad Lander said.

City Comptroller Brad Lander, who is also running for mayor, launched a "pressure campaign" to force Adams into suing the administration after discovering FEMA had access to the city's bank account without his office’s knowledge.

This is "the first critical test of whether we still have independent leadership at City Hall," said Lander, an Adams critic who is challenging him in June’s Democratic primary.

President Trump and Elon Musk “illegally” stole $80 million in previously paid FEMA funds directly from New York City’s coffers, city Comptroller Brad Lander accused Wednesday. Lander revealed the alleged revocation from the city’s bank accounts in a statement,

FEMA’S NYC ‘HIGHWAY ROBBERY’: City Hall ... legal action and one of his political rivals — city Comptroller Brad Lander — to lambast him for not doing enough. “This morning, our ...

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