The promise, from Andy Byford, who is directing the Penn Station project for Amtrak, was contained in a letter that rejected a demand from five Manhattan elected officials that the railroad release the request for proposals to recruit a Master Developer. Amtrak says it will select one of the three finalists by June.
Amtrak, facing increasing pressure for more transparency in its rebuilding of Penn Station, pledged that “no final decisions” will be made on the design of a new station or its financing until after “robust public engagement” beginning this summer.
The pledge, from Andy Byford, who is directing the Penn...