Orange County authorities believed the city planned to move 60 people to one hotel in the county, according to the lawsuit, but then later learned the city planned to send more than 600 individuals to two hotels. The Orange County complaint details multiple examples of the city’s alleged “subterfuge.” Rockland County officials said in a statement that while they don’t typically comment on pending litigation, they “feel strongly that what are doing is right and legal as witnessed by the court’s Temporary Restraining Order granted Thursday.” When reached by CNN for comment Thursday, Neuhaus said, “We have not been served with any lawsuit.” CNN on Saturday reached out to Rockland and Orange county officials for further comment on the NYCLU’s lawsuit. In issuing orders “expressly seek to ‘bar migrants’ and ‘asylum seekers’ from coming to the counties from New York City and that further seek to bar local hotels from making their rooms available to migrants for any period of time,” the counties violated due process and equal protection clauses under the US Constitution, the lawsuit says. The New York Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday against Orange and Rockland counties for blocking the arrival of asylum seekers from New York City, according to court documents. A court hearing is scheduled for May 30 to determine if the order will be extended. The city has said it plans to appeal the restraining order. On Friday, a judge granted a temporary restraining order against Adams’ plan, blocking the city from transporting migrants to a hotel in Rockland County. The suit, filed in Rockland County Supreme Court, alleges Mayor Adams’ plan to bus migrants to a hotel in the exceeds the city’s legal authority. Rockland County filed its own lawsuit on Tuesday night. New York City mayor announces plan to transport willing migrants to locations outside the city ahead of expected surge New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday the city would transport willing migrants to other neighboring communities to help weather an expected surge of arrivals with the end of Title 42 next week. Orange County officials “oppose the City Respondents’ illegal and misguided attempts to manage their burdens and assumed responsibilities within their borders by offloading them onto the County, which is already overburdened with responsibilities to its own citizens, with no planning whatsoever,” according to the lawsuit.Īdams had said the new program intends to provide up to four months of temporary shelter for adult men seeking asylum who are already in the city’s care while they try to secure work permits.ĭays after Adams announced plans for Orange and Rockland counties, Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus issued an executive order stating the migrants would not be permitted to stay in hotels there. It asks the court to issue a preliminary injunction blocking the city’s plan while the proceeding is pending. The counties have also issued executive orders barring the arrival of migrants and asylum seekers.įiled in state court in Orange County, one of the lawsuits obtained by CNN alleges that the city’s plan exceeds its authority, violates a county executive order and bypasses shelter licensing requirements. Following New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ announcement last week that the city will bus some migrants to hotels in nearby counties temporarily, officials in Orange County and Rockland counties filed lawsuits attempting to stop the plan – even as some migrants have already arrived.
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