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Letter, State of New York et al. v. U.S. Department of Education, No. 1:25-cv-02990 (S.D.N.Y.), Doc. 120 (July 3, 2025)
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Case 1:25-cv-02990-ER Document 120 Filed 07/03/25 Page 1 of 2
U.S. Department of Justice
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United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
86 Chambers Street
New York, New York 10007
July 3, 2025
By ECF
The Honorable Edgardo Ramos
United States District Judge
Southern District of New York
40 Foley Square
New York, New York 10007
Re: State of New York, et al. v. U.S. Department of Education, et al., No. 25 Civ. 2990
(ER) (BCM)
Dear Judge Ramos:
This Office represents Defendants Secretary Linda McMahon and the U.S. Department of
Education (the “Department”) in connection with the above-referenced action. We write
respectfully pursuant to this Court’s preliminary injunction order dated June 3, 2025, Dkt. No. 106
(the “Order”). Among other things, the Order requires that the Department, within one month from
the issuance of the Order, file with “the Court a status report listing for each Plaintiff the payment
requests for liquidation of ESF that are then outstanding, including the amount of each request, the
date each request was submitted, and the anticipated date by which each request will be processed.”
See id.
Accordingly, together with this letter, the Department is filing a declaration that has been
submitted by Ruth E. Ryder, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs within the
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the United States Department of Education (the
“Ryder Declaration”). The Ryder Declaration attaches, as Exhibit A, a Department report that lists
for each Plaintiff, as of 12:00 P.M. E.T. on June 30, 2025, the payment requests for liquidation of
ESF that are outstanding, including the amount of each request, the date each request was
submitted, and the anticipated date by which each request will be processed. In addition, the Ryder
Declaration attaches, as Exhibit B, a Department report that lists, as of 12:00 P.M. E.T. on June
30, 2025, expenditure requests by States to liquidate grant funds of ESF that have been processed
by Department staff subsequent to March 28, 2025.
We thank the Court for its consideration of this matter.
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Respectfully,
JAY CLAYTON
United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
By: /s/ Charles S. Jacob
CHARLES S. JACOB
DANA WALSH KUMAR
Assistant United States Attorneys
Tel.: (212) 637-2741/2725
Email: dana.walsh.kumar@usdoj.gov
charles.jacob@usdoj.gov
cc: Plaintiffs’ Counsel (by ECF)