New York City officials said the city had received two payments from the federal government as reimbursement for expenses the city incurred while providing services to migrants who arrived in New York,

Elon Musk posted Monday on X that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency he heads had uncovered millions of dollars being spent illegally by FEMA to house migrants in New York City. He said the money was meant for American disaster relief and was wrongly spent for “high end” hotels.

The discovery of a $59 million FEMA payment to New York City for housing migrants comes as DOGE continues to find controversial uses of taxpayer dollars by government agencies.