Aaron KaterskyAs part of the agreement, New York City will temporarily pause its pursuit of more than $700 million.Bus company Roadrunner Charters agreed on Wednesday to stop transporting migrants from Texas to New York City and surrounding areas while a lawsuit is pending.
The agreement is part of a stipulation in which the city agreed to defer pursuing more than $700 million incurred to care for all of the migrants bused to the city in the last two years.in December, accusing them of implementing Texas Gov. Abbott's "bad faith" plan to bus migrants to New York for the purpose of making them a public charge.
When Texas sent two planes of migrants on December 27 and January 3 to Philadelphia, Roadrunner was the principal bus company that picked up those migrants and drove them to train stations in New York or New Jersey. Under the new stipulation, this, along with any kind of transport of migrants to New York City, would be prohibited.
"New York City continues to do our part as we lead the nation in managing this national humanitarian crisis, but reckless political games from the state of Texas will not be tolerated," Adams said in a statement.