


A bipartisan coalition of City Council members is calling on Gov. Hochul to sue the Biden administration over its soft border policies.
“We are urging you to take immediate legal action to prevent further harm to New York caused by the federal government’s failure to secure our borders, prevent the flow of migrants into our city and state, and provide any financial remuneration for the crisis they have created,” wrote Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens), Minority Leader Joseph Borelli (R-Staten Island) and the rest of the eight-member “Common Sense Caucus” in a letter Friday to Hochul.
The letter comes six days after Mayor Eric Adams’ grim announcement that he may have to slash up to 15% from all city departments’ budgets by the spring in response to the ever-rocketing costs of the migrant crisis, and as Biden has repeatedly blown off New York’s pleas for help.
“Your private and public appeals to the White House for assistance have been met with indifference or silence,” the members wrote the governor. “We believe the president and his administration have left you no choice but to go to the courts for redress.”

Caucus members said they’re “fully aware of the significant challenges” of suing the federal government, which typically has immunity from most types of legal actions, but believe the state has a case.
Biden’s “negligence” has “caused undue financial injury to the city and state, which is preventing our governments from being able to fulfill their constitutional obligation to provide for their citizens,” they wrote.
The city has opened more than 200 emergency shelters to deal with the influx of more than 113,000 migrants since the spring of last year.

Adams has said the city has spent more than $2 billion handling the crisis and could spend up to $12 billion by July 2025.
Hochul’s office did not return messages.