The MTA met its deadline Monday to submit information on subway crime — and the steps that it's taking to combat it — to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The submission came in response to a March 18 letter Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent the agency requesting that information and suggesting that noncompliance could result in "redirecting or withholding funding."

The MTA's letter to the DOT, dated March 30, included statistics on crime, de-escalation training for employees, fare evasion and efforts to fight it.

In the letter, MTA chair and CEO Janno Lieber pointed out that the New York City transit system is among the safest in the nation, noting that according to the Federal Transit Administration's National Transit Database, transit riders in Minneapolis and Dallas are 13 times more likely, per trip, to be the victim of an assault than New York City transit riders.

Lieber added that "crime in the NYC subway system is among the lowest in the last 30 years, since these statistics were first collected."

He also made the case for not pulling federal funding, writing in the letter that the "MTA does not receive a fair share of federal funding for transit or for transit security, but nevertheless far exceeds federal security and safety grant expenditure standards."

While Duffy has been threatening funding, Lieber and Albany leaders have been sounding the alarm that while the MTA represents 43% of the nation's transit riders, it only receives 17% of the funding, and pulling funding won't help the situation.

Meanwhile, Duffy continued hitting back Monday, posting a new video on X with excerpts from his press conference in New Jersey over a week ago making disparaging remarks about the subway.

The post also showed Crime Stopper posts of suspects wanted in subway attacks.

The latest NYPD statistics show crime year-to-date as of Sunday is down 17.5% over last year, and down almost 19% since 2019 - the last pre-pandemic year, which was historically low.

While assaults year-to-date are down less than 1%, they are up almost 55% from 2019. The MTA says a good portion of the recent assaults are those on police officers due to increased enforcement.

While the NYPD does not regularly provide those statistics, according to the department, last year there were 179 assaults on officers versus 71 in 2019, and that accounted for 31% of all assaults.

The MTA also touted Gov. Kathy Hochul's efforts to flood the system with State Police, the National Guard and the NYPD's increased patrols, as well as a 25% reduction last year in subway fare evasion.

In the letter, Lieber invited Duffy to tour the subway system, but there is no word from the DOT if that will happen.