In the hearing of the congress, the heated struggle for the U -Bahn crime breaks out

A congress member in Manhattan and the US Transport Minister competed against the U -Bahn crime.

Photo by Dean Moses

A member of the congress in Manhattan and the US Transport Minister accused each other of lying on the U -Bahn security when they presented competing statistics on Wednesday in a hearing of the US representative committee.

Jerold Nadler (DN.Y.), a high -ranking member of the house's transport committee, questioned Sean Duffy, who heads the Federal Department of Transportation Public criticism of the MTA. Duffy has accused the MTA to enable crimes in the U -Bahn in the U -Bahn, even though police statistics decreased as a whole.

Duffy and Nadler accused the other of being lied than they talked about each other, and finally began screaming in the listening room.

Data from the New York police department show that U -Bahnen are generally far more secure than critics and media. The big crime in one murder, rape and assault-in the subways in New York decreased by 3% compared to the previous year and decreased by 8% compared to COVID 19 pandemy in 2019.

Nader said Duffy ignored the data to make the U -Bahn appear more dangerous.

“Secretary Duffy, last week, they attacked the MTA again and claimed that it was an increase in the U -Bahn attacks and accused the agency to hold back information, but many of their statements are incorrectly and ignore the documentation already presented to their department,” said Nadler.

Nadler asked whether Duffy was aware of the trend, whereupon Duffy replied: “No, that's wrong.”

Duffy referred to a outlier in the data that shows a recent increase in attacks what critics said that shows the danger of the U -Bahn.

Nadler said Duffy's certificate and data had incorrectly presented the general trend of the U -Bahnen in New York.

“Why do you continue to ignore this and lie about it in your public comments about it?” Said Nadler.

Duffy then raised his voice with Nadler and replied the question: “Why do they continue to lie that people are set on fire in U -Bahnen or pushed out of trains?

Duffy, a former reality TV star, criticizes the New York subway throughout his term as a transport secretary and supported lively burned in December.

But the crime of subway is less than 2% of the total crime in New York City in 2025, and the chances of providing crime in the subway New York Times analysis From data from 2022.

Danny Pearlstein, director of communication and politics at the Pro-Transsit Group Riders Alliance, said that Duffy was more interested in political attitude than to solve crimes.

“Sean Duffy has no sympathy for everyone who is underground, or he would invest in safety,” wrote Pearlstein on social media. “He uses drivers as props to tear down the transit, to promote the consumption of the fossil fuel and to turn the Americans against each other.”

Nadler also accused Duffy of incorrectly presenting the New York traffic jam program, a mute scheme that is intended to reduce traffic and finance public transport. The city won a legal proceedings against the federal government after Duffy tried to stop financing to the MTA at the beginning of this year.

Nadler and Duffy continued to talk about each other, and Nadler claimed that Duffy had ignored the process and tried to stop the pricing of the traffic jams, even after it had passed the federal government.

Duffy again said that traffic jam prices are an “elite” policy that violates the working class by separating the street.

According to a 2024, households for car owners have twice as high as households as households without cars analysis From Hunter College. And a 2017 report From the Community Service Society of New York, a group of anti-Army, found that only 4% of the residents of the outer districts would commute to a job in Manhattan and were subject to an overload prize design.

When Duffy continued to scold the stowed prices in his certificate, Nadler interrupted him to ask: “Secretary Duffy, why are they lying on New York City.”

Duffy replied that Nadler lied, whereupon Nadler doubled his statement.

“I call you a liar because you have lying all the time,” said Nadler.

On social media after the hearing, Nadler said that New York City and his transit system were safe.

“The data show that New York is the safest city in America and has the safest transit system in the city in America,” wrote Nadler. “Secretary Duffy knows that and he lies the public anyway.”

“I won't stand for it and I keep going out her lies,” added Nadler.