NEW YORK CITY—Gov. Kathy Hochul said on March 21 that New York has provided information on what the state is doing to protect public transit passengers to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
A March 18 letter from Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy contained a request for the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) to share information concerning fund allocation, crime data, and employee training or face possible redirecting or cutting of funds.
If the city does not provide actions and plans to reduce crime, details on employees receiving deescalation training, and subway crime data by March 31, Duffy said the department will take “enforcement actions up to and including redirecting or withholding funding.”…