

It’s a state response, not a federal one. NY doesn’t really have the jurisdiction to file suits for crimes commited by the federal government against itself.
The states do have the jurisdiction to sue over a violation of the rights of its citizens commited by the federal government, especially when the violation is explicitly against federal law and the state has hard evidence with which to present their case.
So yes, I’ll take it too! Anything is literally better than nothing!
Property damage is not violence and nonviolent protests are not terrorism. They will claim it is. They are lying.