STATEWIDE — THE NYC METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MTA) received another safety warning from federal officials, who on Tuesday, Aug. 19 threatened to withhold some funding, according to letters from the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) and a report in Gothamist. The FTA’s Joe DeLorenzo in his letter claims the NYC MTA’S leaders continue to underplay the safety risks New York City Transit workers face on the job. DeLorenzo claims the MTA has repeatedly used “flawed analytical approaches” in developing a new federally-mandated safety plan after a subway track worker was fatally struck by a train in November 2023 and another worker was seriously injured on the job in June 2024.

The FTA’s rationale for rejecting the second Safety Risk Assessment is that the MTA conti

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