Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) demanding information on crime in New York City’s transit system, including expenditures on programs to combat it. If Duffy isn’t satisfied, the MTA could lose funding.
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There’s more than meets the eye in this faceoff. The Trump administration has given the MTA until Friday to abandon the congestion pricing scheme enacted in January. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and MTA leaders have sued to keep it.
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Duffy’s letter is a silver bullet. If Hochul doesn’t abandon congestion pricing, Duffy can find other ways to hurt the MTA by cutting funds for related transit programs.
“The trend of violent crime, homelessness, and other threats to public safety on one of our nation’s
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