The Staten Island Yankees announced they're ceasing operations and filing a lawsuit against the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball.

This comes less than a month after the big league team announced Staten Island would no longer be one of their minor league affiliates after more than 20 years.

Staten Island says they were promised they would always be a minor-league partner with the Yankees and still haven't heard from them.

Staten Island was a victim of MLB's decision to cut the Minor Leagues down from 160 to 120 teams.

Staten Island says any portion of any settlement or jury verdict will go to the Staten Island Yankees Foundation to be distributed to local charities including the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation.