The Shelter and Services Program has become a flashpoint for criticism by Republicans, who incorrectly claim it's taking money from people hit by hurricanes or floods.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency alleged that the Biden administration spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars paying for “luxury hotels” in New York City, where thousands of illegal immigrants released into the United States from the southern border were housed.

Elon Musk claimed early Monday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sent a staggering $59 million “LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants.” The world’s richest man claimed in an early morning post on X that the funneled emergency funds were “just discovered” by his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — even as President Trump called for a complete overhaul of FEMA that could even see

Three men were found guilty of a robbery and murder scheme that terrorized New York City’s gay bars for more than a year. The defendants were found guilty of murder, drugging and robbing intoxicated men.