Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy requested information on crime in New York City’s transit system, as well as expenditures on programs to combat it, in a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA ). The MTA was lose money if Duffy isn’t satisfied.
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In this confrontation, more is revealed than meets the eye. The January-enacted congestion pricing system has been abandoned by the Trump presidency until Friday. Governor of New York The MTA officials and Kathy Hochul have filed a lawsuit to keep it.
Duffy’s email is like a proverb. Duffy could find other ways to harm the MTA by cutting funding for relevant transit programs if Hochul doesn’t leave gridlock pricing.
One of our nation’s most well-known subway systems is in danger of experiencing violent crime, poverty, and other risks to public health. Our Department is stepping in to restore order after decades of soft-on-crime policies, Duffy wrote.  ,
” Riders are sick and tired of feeling as though they must risk their lives in order to go, attend school, or work in the city. We may continue to fight to make sure that their national tax dollars are going toward a crime-free commute,” he continued.
The transit authority is looking for another$ 14 billion in its next five-year capital budget to supplement the MTA’s annual funding from Washington, which relies on billions of dollars annually to keep the trains running.  ,
According to Fox News, Duffy’s email requests information from the MTA regarding suffer evasion, employee assaults, client assaults, and police patrols. Additionally, it demands an explanation of how the MTA has used federal money to improve safety and security in the state’s transport system.
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In recent months, the MTA has made a big deal about enhancing surveillance on the train. According to John J. McCarthy, the MTA’s chief of policy and external relations,” Crime is down 40 % compared to the same period in 2020 right before the pandemic, and so far in 2025, there are fewer daily major crimes in transit than any non-pandemic year ever,” while adding that fare evasion is down 25 % since COVID.
McCarthy wants people in New York to think that the subway’s violence is all in their eyes.
McCarthy’s declaration echoes assertions made by MTA head Janno Lieber in January, which claimed current, well-known subway attacks had “gotten in people’s heads” and made them feel uncomfortable.
Lieber made the comments during an appearance on the Bloomberg News’ podcast “Bloomberg Talks,” arguing that “the overall stats are positive” on crime.
” Last year, we actually had 12.5 % less crime than the year before COVID,” according to the report. But it’s without a doubt that some of these well-known incidents, you know, bad assaults, have gotten into people’s heads and made the entire system feel less safe, Lieber said.
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People don’t need to think about how dangerous the metro can be, even though it’s true that a dozen high-profile violent crimes in recent months have highlighted how harsh the subway may be. It’s not just the murders, rapes, assassins who rape travellers onto the tracks, or the constant abuse by psychologically disturbed poor people.  ,
There is a sense of dread when entering the train system, as about any rope hanger will tell you. Also with travel police present, it’s very difficult to shake. These police officers cannot be stationed at every metro station, in every train car, and at every station at once.  ,
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