Trump’s transportation chief Sean Duffy blasts Hochul over ‘outrageous’ MTA funding plea to boost ‘horribly run’ agency

President Trump’s transportation chief put Gov. Kathy Hochul on notice for asking for more federal money to prop up the chronically cash-strapped MTA – as concerns over subway safety soar.

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy railed against the Democrat in a Tuesday social media post, blasting the Metropolitan Transportation as “horribly run” as the federal government and Empire State continue to spar over a controversial Manhattan congestion toll.

“Outrageous! Governor Hochul is asking for MORE money for the horribly run MTA,” Duffy wrote in an X post.

Duffy’s ire was raised after Hochul, along with state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Westchester), sent a letter requesting the feds commit to change their funding formula for the MTA.

The letter — sent to Duffy, Trump and Republican congressional leaders — argued the federal government doesn’t pay the MTA its fair share.

“While the MTA carries 43 percent of the nation’s mass transit riders, its share of federal transit formula funding is only 17 percent,” the letter reads.

“We believe this is a fundamental misalignment.”

“Instead of addressing rampant crime that’s scaring riders away or actually fixing their financial mismanagement, the state is trying to fill the gap with highway funds and taxing the working class,” he wrote.

“How could the state’s modernization plans say NOTHING about making transportation systems safer?” the post said.

“Before we make any changes to funding decisions, we’d like to see their plan to make the subway reliable, secure, and clean… The federal government is not a blank check, and we will hold NYC leaders accountable for not keeping commuters safe.”

The back-and-forth is the latest wrinkle in a weeks-long spat between Duffy and Hochul that ignited over the governor’s $9 base toll to enter Midtown Manhattan — a plan that was touted for reducing congestion in the Big Apple but was set to generate needed revenue for the MTA.

In February, Duffy announced that he’d pull federal approval for congestion pricing — a move that Trump celebrated by boastfully tweeting, “LONG LIVE THE KING!”

Hohcul and MTA officials quickly sued to block Duffy, and defiantly said they’d keep collecting the tolls past a Trump administration deadline so long as the court case remained alive.

In the meantime, Hochul carried on high-level talks with Trump over a revamp of Penn Station, while Duffy demanded transit safety information from the MTA under threat of pulling federal funding.

MTA officials hope the feds will keep ponying up cash as they pursue a record-breaking $64.8 billion 2025-29 capital plan.

Duffy last week extended his deadline to end congestion pricing by 30 days — in an X post filled with attacks and a threat against the MTA’s funding from the feds.

The most recent missive from Duffy doubled down on that stance and issued a dire warning for Hochul.

“The federal government is not a blank check, and we will hold NYC leaders accountable for not keeping commuters safe,” Duffy said.