AG James, AG Bonta, AG Raoul, AG Campbell, AG Platkin, and AG Neronha co-led a coalition of 23 attorneys general in seeking a court order to force the Trump administration to unfreeze essential funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Despite multiple court orders, including a preliminary injunction issued on March 6 blocking the Trump administration from unlawfully freezing federal funds, the administration continues to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to states from FEMA. This funding freeze threatens life-saving emergency preparedness and recovery programs addressing wildfires, floods, cybersecurity threats, and more. Attorney General James and the coalition today filed a motion to enforce the preliminary injunction, seeking a court order requiring the administration to immediately unfreeze FEMA funds.

“The Trump administration is putting lives at risk by continuing to freeze disaster relief and emergency preparedness funds to states. We sued to stop the administration’s reckless and illegal funding freeze, and the court has repeatedly ruled that the essential funding our communities rely on must be restored. I will continue to fight to uphold our laws and protect the resources we need to keep New Yorkers safe.” – AG James