Overview

• In a July 7 letter, Duffy cited a 19 percent surge in subway assaults this year and accused the MTA of delaying or withholding required incident reports.
• The Federal Transit Administration found that New York City Transit filed 79 percent of its 2024 incident submissions late, averaging 36.5 days past deadlines.
• Duffy’s correspondence demands detailed safety strategies, surveillance camera statistics, and data on worker assaults, fare evasion, trespassing, and use of federal safety funds.
• MTA officials counter that transit crime has fallen by 3 percent through June, ridership has rebounded, and its congestion pricing program remains protected by a federal injunction.
• The MTA depends on about $14 billion in federal grants for its five-year capital plan, making adherence to reporting requirements critical to funding its infrastructure projects.