NYC, Seattle and Portland Sue Trump on Funding Threat
- The suit attacks the administration’s ‘anarchist’ designation
- NYC says the administration places $12 billion in jeopardy
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New York City joined Seattle and Portland, Oregon, in suing the Trump administration over its threat to withhold federal funding after the president described them as “anarchist cities.”
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio called President Donald Trump’s threats “a totally political action” that would undermine the cities’ efforts to provide services as they contend with the economic and health consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. The complaint was filed in Seattle on Thursday.