Elon Musk contended that the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent a staggering $59 million “last week to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants – a claim that City Hall officials rebutted Monday.
The world’s richest man said in an early morning post on X that the funds were “just discovered” by his Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE– even as President Trump called for a complete overhaul of FEMA that could even see it shuttered.
Trump last month signed an executive order to create a council to review FEMA as he expressed concerns over “serious concerns of political bias” in the agency.
“Sending this money violated the law and is in gross insubordination to the President’s executive order,” Musk wrote.
“That money is meant for American disaster relief and instead is being spent on high-end hotels for illegals,” continued Musk, who leads the agency tasked with cutting back on government overspending.
“A clawback demand will be made today to recoup those funds.”
Many of Musk’s claims – including whether the money would go toward migrant housing in luxury hotels – couldn’t immediately be confirmed as the brash Tesla mogul didn’t disclose details about the money in his incendiary tweet.
City Hall officials, without naming Musk, later issued a statement refuting his assertions – all while carefully avoiding explicitly saying the mercurial billionaire was wrong.
Only $19 million of all $237 million in federal funding that has been awarded to the city during the migrant crisis have gone toward hotels, luxury and otherwise, City Hall officials told The Post.
