Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is blasting the MTA over its handling of subway crime .

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber fired back at Sean Duffy on Tuesday after the U.S. transportation secretary once again made ...

President Trump’s transportation chief Sean Duffy accused MTA brass of giving the feds the “runaround” when pressed on what ...

The New York subway system is one of the world’s largest, oldest and most complicated. But crime and fear have become real issues for the system. CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence ...

MTA says subway crime is already down as feds threaten to cut funding 03:29. The Trump administration is threatening to cut billions of dollars in federal funding to the MTA over subway crime, but ...

NYPD crime data shows 144 felony assaults in the subway system so far this year, roughly even with the same period in 2024. But felony assaults are up 6.7% compared to two years ago and a whopping ...

In mid-2022, there was about one violent crime per one million rides on the subway, according to a New York Times analysis. Since then, the overall crime rate has fallen and ridership has ...

Adams, despite his 2021 pledge to cut subway crime, has never proposed a real solution to the staffing issue. Mr. Cuomo says he would bring the Police Department’s transit ranks up to 4,000, ...

While overall crime in the subway is well below that seen above ground — New York recorded 377 homicides overall in 2024 — the closed nature of the transit system lends itself to visceral fears.