Cities Sue Over Conditions on Homelessness, Transit Grants (1)

May 5, 2025, 4:47 PM UTCUpdated: May 6, 2025, 1:28 PM UTC

New York City, San Francisco, Boston and five other cities and counties are suing the Trump administration over new conditions on federal grants that aid local government efforts to end homelessness and maintain transit systems.

The additional requirements tacked on to grants administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Transit Administration “contravene bedrock separation of powers principles and violate numerous other constitutional and statutory protections,” the cities and counties assert in a complaint filed May 2 in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington.

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