Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Friday said both Chicago and Boston are “on notice” to improve safety for transit riders and employees or they risk federal funding.

The Department of Transportation cites a 70-year-old CTA employee who was thrown onto Blue Line tracks by a passenger last month as proof of crime in Chicago. It also ties both cities to no-cash bail, claiming it “allows deranged criminals to repeatedly terrorize public spaces,” in another escalation of Trump’s threat to pull federal funding for cities who have enacted bail reform.

“President Trump cares about our great cities and the hardworking Americans who inhabit them,” Duffy said in a press release. “While local leaders seem intent on putting the needs of criminals first, we’re not waiting for the next Iryna. Chi

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