NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A New York Supreme Court judge has granted a temporary restraining order against New York City, stopping the city from sending more migrants to Orange County, County Executive Steve Neuhaus said Tuesday.
Neuhaus told NY1 the order allows migrants who have been sent to the county since last Thursday to remain where they are. He noted that more than 180 had arrived since Thursday.
"New York City, knowing that the case was under review, tried to flood as many buses up here as possible," Neuhaus said Tuesday.
The order is the most recent update in the Republican executive's clash with Mayor Eric Adams since the city began sending migrants.
In an interview with 1010 WINS' Susan Richard on Tuesday morning, Adams responded to Neuhaus saying in a Facebook video that he wasn't responsible for making New York City a sanctuary city and that he's "also talking about going to court to change that."
Rather, Adams said that those comments were misconstrued and that, while the city's policy had been in place for decades, "no one anticipated having 4,200 people come in one week to the city."
"New York City's the economic engine of this state, and we're stating to everyone who benefits from our tax dollars that they should play a role during this crucial time as we manage this crisis," Adams added.
Though Adams said that the city is "out of room" and they're "doing everything possible to do a decompression strategy so that New Yorkers won't continue to be overburdened," Orange County appears to be far from done taking action against the city.
The county has also filed two lawsuits: one against the hotels where the migrants are staying for allegedly disobeying the county's order declaring a state of emergency, and the other against the city for allegedly setting up what the county alleges is a homeless shelter outside of the city's jurisdiction, according to the report.
Neuhaus said the county lacked basic personal information on the people staying in the hotels, but the ruling requires now requires the city to give that information.
"There are a lot of unanswered questions, but this is a major, major decision," the executive said.
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