Elon Musk threatened to claw back $59 million he said the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent “last week to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants” – a claim that City Hall officials rebutted Monday.
The world’s richest man said in an early morning post on X that the funds were “just discovered” by his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE– even as President Trump called for a complete overhaul of FEMA that could even see it shuttered.
Trump last month signed an executive order to create a council to review FEMA as he expressed concerns over “serious concerns of political bias” in the agency.
Musk’s threat could put Mayor Eric Adams in an awkward position, as Hizzoner has desperately pleaded for funding help from the federal government during the years-long migrant crisis that has cost the city $7 billion.
“Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order,” Musk wrote.