There have been several high-profile and particularly brutal crimes on New York’s subway in recent years, including a woman getting set on fire, the killing of a homeless man, and a series of incidents in which people have been pushed in front of trains.

The Trump administration is threatening to withhold federal funding from the agency that runs the New York City subway if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority doesn’t comply with a request for information on transit crime.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to withhold federal transit funds from the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in a Tuesday letter urging city leaders to reassess their