Susan Haigh | The Associated Press
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The Trump administration is threatening to pull federal funding from New York City’s transit system if it doesn’t provide a plan to address crime.
While New York transit officials point to publicly available statistics showing major crime on the subway system is trending down this year, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy noted “a number of high-profile safety related incidents" in a letter sent Tuesday to the head of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
“If you can’t keep your subway safe, if people can’t go to the subway and...
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