Bus company slams brakes on sending asylum-seekers to NYC as Adams admin lawsuit moves

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One of 17 charter bus companies New York City sued earlier this year over the busing of migrants to the five boroughs agreed to halt sending newcomers here

New York City and Roadrunner Charters Inc., one of 17 operators sued by the city earlier this year, reached an agreement Wednesday that the bus company would not send migrants to the city or the surrounding area for the duration of the lawsuit. Wednesday, March 20, 2024.over the busing of migrants to the five boroughs agreed to halt sending newcomers here while the legal action plays out in court, Mayor Eric Adams’ administration announced Wednesday.

The Adams administration took Roadrunner and 16 other charter bus companies to New York County Supreme Court in January, alleging they are violating the state’s Social Services Law by transporting tens of thousands of migrants here at the behest of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Theis seeking to recoup at least $708 million the city says it spent on the 33,600 migrants brought by the bus operators between spring 2022 and the start of this year.

Specifically, City Hall alleges that the companies have violated a section of the state law, which says that anyone who brings individuals from out of state to New York to become a “public charge” here is responsible for covering the cost of caring for them or should transport them out of the city. Mayor Adams, in a statement, applauded the move, urging the other companies named in the suit to follow Roadrunner’s example by halting bussing for the duration the suit.

 

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