New York City and seven other local governments across the country have sued President Trump’s Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), accusing the federal agency of placing unconstitutional and coercive conditions on critical housing grants.

Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and led by King County, WA, the lawsuit announced Friday night argues that the new conditions imposed on HUD’s Continuum of Care grants are an unlawful overreach of executive authority. The plaintiffs contend that only Congress has the power to change funding terms for federal programs.