Orange County took New York City to court a day after the city’s Mayor Eric Adams bused dozens of illegal immigrants to a Newburgh hotel.
The lawsuit filed on May 12 argues that Adams has no legal authority to run a temporary shelter in the county; it demands the court immediately reverse the transfers and stop such arrangements in the future.
“New York City is a self-proclaimed sanctuary city and needs to fix this problem Orange County now faces,” Orange County Executive Steve Neuhaus said in a press release. “This issue was created by Mayor Adams and the federal government’s failed immigration policies.”…