The Trump administration’s new demand that the MTA fork over publicly available data on transit crime amounts to little more than “shadowboxing and bluster” in its latest battle against the transit agency,

The Trump administration is threatening to withhold or redirect federal funding to New York’s mass transit system if it doesn’t receive documentation of the steps taken to address crime and create a safe environment for riders and workers.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration threatened to revoke MTA funding unless the agency provided a detailed list of its efforts to improve transit safety. Crime continues to trend down throughout the system.