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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gustaf Kilander

Trump to pull funding for New York subway system if MTA withholds crime stats

The Trump administration has threatened the New York City transportation agency with removing federal funding if the agency withholds its data on crime in the city’s subway at the end of the month.

President Donald Trump also wants the city to end its congestion pricing policies, which would mean that New York would require additional federal funds to make up the shortfall, WABC noted. Funds from the controversial congestion prices are designated to go to improvements for the city’s vast subway, bus and ferry system.

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