New York – U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy calls for New York City Leaders cleaned up the city’s subway system and Mayor Eric Adams sent an invitation to Duffy to experience first-hand the problems of the transit center plaguing crime-ridden.
Adams and Duffy boarded the ground on the BQE line in Brooklyn on Friday and rode into Manhattan on the subway with New York Police Department’s Transportation Commissioner Joseph Gulotta Crime prevention.
“The mayor has been working hard to get more Law enforcement officers Duffy told reporters at the Broadway Lafayette station in Lower Manhattan.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy discussed transit security while riding a Manhattan-bound subway train in Brooklyn, New York on Friday, April 4, 2025. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Numbers)
The high-profile visit comes two weeks after a letter from Duffy to the Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA), where he said the Trump administration “restores orders” and asked the department to hand over data on rider attacks, police patrols and fleeing fares.
“Thank you for your quick attention to this matter to avoid further consequences until and redirect or withhold funds,” Duffy wrote.
But Duffy, standing at a busy metro station, vowed to continue providing federal support to the city and confirmed that the government did not withhold funds.
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People take the F train subway train in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Image)
“You will find Trump administration “The Department of Transportation is a great partner with New York. Let us be beautiful for the drivers of the subway system,” Duffy said.
During his journey, Duffy witnessed it Trouble The city’s subway system.
“We just saw a person lying on the top of the stairs,” Duffy told reporters. “I don’t know if it’s not true.” [the man] Urinate in your own or in the case of defecation, but the mayor needs the tools of law enforcement to take care of people – this is not humane. ”
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams and U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy arrived at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York on Friday, April 4, 2025. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Numbers)
And the subway system in New York City has seen Statistical decline In the first few months of 2025, stories about random violence continue to cause commuters during crime.
In January, surveillance footage captured a frightening moment when a man was pushed in front of the upcoming train while standing on the platform at Manhattan’s 18th Street Station. When the victim survived, authorities later charged Kamel Hawkins, 23, with attempted murder.
A month ago, a woman was killed after allegedly caught fire while riding a subway in Brooklyn.
Some commuters were left in the subway to defend themselves.
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In December, Daniel Penny acquitted In the 2023 criminal negligence homicide of the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man with schizophrenia, breaks into a train and shouts death threats, while a high-level synthetic marijuana is known as K2.
In January, a 69-year-old man fought an immigrant who tried to rob him on the subway, but in another attack, a 71-year-old woman caught four possible teenage robbers.
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Adams praised federal government for help in combating subway crime, but condemned Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul The government is clearly hesitating about its new plan against the MTA.
Mayor Eric Adams swept a subway revolving door together on Friday, April 4, 2025 at Sean Duffy, transport secretary in Brooklyn, New York. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Numbers)
“I’m sharing with the secretary [that] Why we are in Albany [is] Involuntary movement. “Democrat Adams said he announced his intention this week Seeking independent re-election. “People who are homeless need to take care of, or support our country’s legislators need [police] Carry on the ground. ”
Hochul Administration and MTA did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Commuters crossed a subway tunnel in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Matthew McDermott for Fox News Digital)
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Duffy and Adams said their administration will continue to work together to combat crime within cities, essentially using the governor as a middleman between the city and the federal government.
“I think Albany has to think deeply about how far we have to go to stop [crime],” Duffy said. “That’s more resources, and it’s more tools Albany has to offer [the NYPD] Arrest people. [The federal government] Donate a lot of money, and for us, we are partners. ”
