Irisheyeball

MyWar

Irisheyeball
How about we identify the federal agency, the activity or program, and an approximate year it was approved and we look it up?!  No mystery.

How about the FEMA payments to NYC that Elon Musk is lying through his teeth about and the Trump administration is illegally withholding?

This is a real mess that touches directly on what we've been talking about with a lot of added intrigue involving NY Mayor Adams, his recent troubles, and his bromance with Trump.
 
Musk claims his DOGE bags have uncovered a misapplication of funds by NYC, claiming that money appropriated for disaster relief is being misspent on "luxury hotels" for illegal aliens.  This is just stupid.  Disaster relief is funded at $20+Billion a year.  In 2022 and beyond congress provided for the transfer of about $650 mil from Border Security to FEMA for administration of a grant program for Shelter and Services for migrants moving through the system.  There's a wide variety of eligible activities in this program, including shelter and hotel costs.  The appropriation for this program specifies how hotel costs are to be calculated using data from the General Services Admin.  NYC applied for and was awarded grant funds under this program.  Somewhere there is a legal grant agreement, that is, a contract between the city and FEMA laying out the terms.  Musk seems to be simply making some kind of huge leap in logic and reason by charging that the funds were supposed to be used for disaster relief.  This is just annoying.  They applied for a grant.  They got it. A contract was entered into. Trump is indeed holding back these funds, but it's the mechanisms that he used here that are astounding.  Grant funds were provided on a reimbursement basis, meaning NY spent the money, having already been assured costs were eligible, and were to be reimbursed by FEMA.  And that actually happened.  That means that, essentially, receipts were gathered into a draw request, which would have then been examined by the financial institution accepting the draw as well as by city finance officials and analysts at FEMA.  The money was approved by some (former) FEMA officials and was transferred to the city's deposit account.  Then, it was snatched back!  I have no idea how this gets done.  I've never seen it happen in this way.  Somebody at the bank would have had to cave to pressure for this to occur.
 
Musk seems to think he can just bully his way through this...that if he repeats his lies loudly enough, he'll win public support and get his away.  I have to believe the Gov't would be laughed out of court if this matter gets to that point, however.  But will that happen?  For another angle on what's going on in NYC re border security and migrant processing read U.S. Atty Sassoon's recent letter to Pam Biondi on the rationale for dropping federal indictments against Mayor Adams and the blatant quid pro quo Trump's attorneys are pushing.
 

genieman77

Irisheyeball
There's a wide variety of eligible activities in this program, including shelter and hotel costs.
 

 
Using a fishing analogy;

 
 
 
 
 

Irisheyeball


  Then, it was snatched back!  I have no idea how this gets done. 

crappiefisher
 
 
 GMan.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgOvpIK_kSA

FishinGuy
It's dardy teaching analogy courses over in the old guys thread? Man I gotta get back in there.

genieman77

crappiefisher
 
 
 GMan.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgOvpIK_kSA

 
'Fisher, I just got off the fone with Elon.
He says I can release the grant bukz to fly you to a Kenai lodge for salmon and trout fishing.
(you can get a latte at the airport Starbucks too!!) 
 
He grudgingly allowed me to fund M'War's trip after i insisted (because I reely DO "try" to luv everyone) 
 
butt since it's him....he gets the  Man Hole on  a prime conditions weekend when shoulder to shoulder ONLY
..to fish for creek chubs ONLY utilizing a bent, rusty kitchen fork tied to an anchor  rope
The funding I'm utilizing doesn't allow anymore discretion than that  
 
KTF