The United States Department of Transportation has threatened to withhold up to 25 percent of federal transit funding from New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) over safety risks to its maintenance workers.

On Tuesday, the federal department announced it had issued a final warning to city officials, calling on the local government to conduct a third risk assessment and take steps towards remediation.

“I am disturbed by MTA’s failure to reinforce safety measures following serious accidents — one resulting in the death of a transit worker,” said Marc Molinaro, the head of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) under President Donald Trump.

The warning was the latest tit-for-tat between the Trump administration and state and local officials over funding for public

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