Overview

• At a July 16 House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Rep. Jerry Nadler exchanged accusations of lying over the accuracy of New York City subway crime figures.
• Nadler cited the MTA’s May 2025 report showing total major felonies on subways down 3.9% year-over-year and 7.3% since 2019.
• Duffy disputed those declines, claiming subway assaults are up 60% since 2019, while the MTA acknowledges an 18% rise in felony assaults over 2024 and more than 60% since 2019.
• The two also reignited their feud over Manhattan’s congestion pricing, with Nadler defending the $9 daily toll as standard policy and Duffy insisting it unfairly penalizes commuters.
• The confrontation underscores the administration’s strategy of tying federal transit funding to strict crime-reporting deadlines and intensified oversight of the MTA.