Trump Administration Takes Over New York Penn Station Revamp
The mission to transform Penn Station was revised by Hochul in 2021 after her predecessor Andrew Cuomo launched the plan.
Photographer: Yuki Iwamura/BloombergThe Trump administration is taking the helm of the $7 billion dollar makeover of New York’s Pennsylvania Station, booting the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as the original leader of the project.
US Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday that the Federal Railroad Administration will replace the MTA with Amtrak, the owner of Penn Station. Duffy is slashing the federal grant to Amtrak for project development, which the department says will save $120 million, according to a press release.