In a letter to MTA Chair Janno Lieber, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy demanded a list of “actions and plans to reduce crime on its system,” including rates of assaults, fare evasion and train surfing in the subway.

Things just got tense between Washington and New York City. The Trump administration threatens to defund NYC subway funding, warning that the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) could lose federal cash if it doesn’t hand over detailed crime data.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to withhold federal transit funds from the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in a Tuesday letter urging city leaders to reassess their