NY Attorney David Schwartz, Gotham Government Relations Talking About NYC Suing Charter Bus Companies For Millions @PIX11News

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0:03 stop trying to jump into his grab bag of 0:06 ineffective Solutions Mar W with the New 0:09 York immigration Coalition says New York 0:11 City's lawsuit against the bus companies 0:14 that transport Asylum Seekers is a waste 0:16 of time and money has nothing to do with 0:19 creating lasting change we really need 0:21 to be investing in ensuring that we are 0:25 funding programs that are actually going 0:26 to help people in this moment the 0:28 16-page lawsuit alleges that 17 charter 0:32 bus companies that transported more than 0:34 30,000 migrants to the city violated New 0:38 York's Social Services law 149 it states 0:41 in part that any person who knowingly 0:44 brings a needy person from out of state 0:46 into the state for the purpose of making 0:48 him a public charge shall be obligated 0:51 to convey such a person out of state or 0:54 support him at his own expense we are 0:56 suing to recoup approximately $700 0:59 million already spent to care for 1:02 migrants bus here in the last two years 1:05 by the state of Texas the suit claims 1:07 the bus companies operated with bad 1:09 faith and evil intent and received 1:11 roughly 1:13
$1,650 per person on the bus attorney 1:17 David Schwarz says the suit shows the 1:19 Adams Administration is thinking outside 1:21 the box it's a very Innovative lawsuit 1:24 certainly the transportation companies 1:26 could argue that they were just merely 1:28 hired by the state of Texas the 1:30 transportation companies can probably 1:32 bring in uh Governor Abbot as well 1:35 attorney Rada Castro with USA for all 1:38 immigration law agrees it's Innovative 1:40 but adds as a lawyer I don't see um any 1:44
kind of recovery he's seeking a pretty 1:46 high amount in Damages and I personally 1:48 as a lawyer don't see how the bus 1:50 companies would be 1:55 liable and I asked the mayor's office 1:57 why was this lawsuit filed only now when 2:00 that law has been around for a while but 2:02 we did not get an answer to that 2:03
specific question as for the bus 2:06 companies only one of the 17 responded 2:08 to us wind Transportation said they only 2:11 took over in February of last year and 2:13 they say they do not have a contract 2:15
currently with the state of 2:21 Texas