The Trump administration has threatened to withhold federal funding from New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (M.T.A.) unless it provides detailed statistics on crime in the transit system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's letter demands information about assaults on transit workers, fare evasion statistics, and efforts to prevent crime. This comes amid controversy over the city's congestion pricing program, which the administration opposes. While crime has been declining, the federal threat looms large, as the M.T.A. relies on significant annual federal funding to maintain and improve transit services.
The Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding from New York's transit network unless the M.T.A. complied with demands regarding subway crime prevention.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy indicated that the M.T.A. must provide extensive details on crime statistics and prevention expenditures, or risk substantial funding loss.
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