Here’s what Penn Station was going to look like viewed from from Eighth Ave. and 33rd St. entrance under the MTA’s original redevelopment plan for the rail hub. That plan now appears to be in the process of getting scaled back dramatically. ( Photo: MTA) MTA Appears to be Retreating on Big Penn Plans, Despite Hochul’s Recent Statements The MTA has dramatically scaled back its plans for rebuilding Penn Station even as Governor Kathy Hochul was saying publicly... News 26 Nov 2024 | 01:57
Governor Hochul is hoping to work with President Tump on plans to redevelop Penn Station in one as “magnificent” as Moynihan Train Hall. But ReThinkNY is pushing for a more open planning process. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Hochul Tries to Make Nice with Trump over Penn Sta. As Critic Pushes for More Input on Plan Governor Kathy Hochul said she wants a new Penn Station for commuters that is “as magnificent” as Amtrak’s Moynihan station,... Voices 21 Nov 2024 | 01:39
Glass Towers, such as the one across the street from Madison Square Garden on W. 31st St. could still ring Penn Station and MSG in the future, state officials says. This one has an indoor pickleball court on the ground floor. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) NYS Still Says Office Towers Could Rise Around the Penn Rail Hub in Future The state’s plan to build supertall office towers around Penn Station is still alive despite the office market crash, and... News 18 Nov 2024 | 12:01
The city’s new trash containers sit on 148th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue, April 12, 2024 during a pilot program conducted by the Sanitation Dept. in Hamilton Heights. Now DOS wants to extend the pilot to West Harlem. ( Photo Credit: Alex Krales/THE CITY) City Is Expanding Anti-Rat Pilot Program That Requires European-Style Metal Containers The rats were not invited to testify. The Sanitation Department submitted for public reaction its plan to launch a pilot... News 08 Nov 2024 | 07:12
Gary LaBarbera, president of the Building and Construction Trades Council at a rally on Oct. 23 supporting the $12 billion plan by Related to build a casino and hotel on Hudson Yards West. He says it will create 30,000 union construction jobs. Friends of the High Line say it will wreak havoc with the nearby public park. ( Photo: Building and Construction Trades Council) Hudson Yards Casino Picks Up Big Union Support, Friends of High Line Object It looks like such a lovely stroll. The sun glints off the apartment tower as you walk along the High Line from the shadow... News 01 Nov 2024 | 03:14
Caroline Hirsch (right) co-founder of the New York Comedy Festival, with comedian Bill Maher, who is among the headliners at this year’s shows which starts Nov. 7 at the Apollo. ( Photo: Courtesy Caroline Hirsch) New York Comedy Festival Celebrates 20 Yr Anniversary Melissa Rivers says her mom told her never to be afraid to laugh at herself. If you don’t, mom warned, “You could be missing... News 25 Oct 2024 | 06:46
The Vessel, in an evening view facing East on Oct. 17. Four days later, on Oct. 21, the 150 ft. structure was reopened to the public for the first time in three years. ( Photo: Kathleen Corless/Courtesy of Vessel) Vessel Reopens with New Steel Mesh Safety Netting to Prevent Suicide Leaps The Vessel in Hudson Yards reopened to the public this week for the first time in three years, partly encased in a steel... Home 21 Oct 2024 | 03:09
A rally at Madison Square Garden planned by Donald Trump on Oct. 27 has stirred controversy from a local Democratic state senator, who said it was akin to a Nazi rally held in the old MSG in 1939. He called on MSG to cancel the event for security reasons. MSG has stayed silent on the matter. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly) Trump Rally Slated for MSG Stirs Controversy Say this for Donald Trump, he is no captive to conventional campaign thinking. The conventional approach for presidential... News 19 Oct 2024 | 11:41
The long-under-construction new entrance to Penn Station on the Seventh Ave. side finally opened late last year. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Big Three Rail Cos Join in Bid to Make New Plans for Penn Station The three railroads who use Penn Station kicked off a new effort to rally support for their plans to improve and expand the... News 30 Sep 2024 | 06:51
Who is on the Railroad SWAG list? The Railroads who use Penn Station have convened what they call a Station Working Advisory Group (SWAG) to considder plans... News 29 Sep 2024 | 12:55
Amtrak, the owner of Penn Station which only recently opened the newly redesigned Seventh Ave. entrance to the underground rail hub, says it will convene a new study group with the MTA’s Long Island Railroad and NJ Transit to come up with a joint solution on the future development of the nation’s busiest rail hub. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Big 3 Railroads Plan to Work Together on New Plan for Penn Station; Activists Still Wary The railroads that use Penn Station are convening a working group of outside advocates to review, and support, their complicated... News 14 Sep 2024 | 05:18
NYS has already spent $500 million installing the congestion pricing cameras such as these installed in 2023 on Ninth Ave. to record vehicles entering lower Manhattan below 60th St. But toll readers have not gone live following Gov. Hochul’s pause of congestion pricing in June. Now it appears she may be moving forward with the plan afterall. ( Photo: Jim Henderson/Wikimedia Commons) Hochul Drops Broad Hints that Congestion Pricing Could Make Comeback Later this Year Congestion pricing lives. Governor Hochul announced an “indefinite pause” last June, blindsiding the MTA as it was about to... Home 04 Sep 2024 | 12:17
The big three railroads, MTA, Amtrak and NJ Transit, say they will need to expand Penn Station in coming years to accommodate booming demand, expecially from NJ commuters. ( Photo: Amtrak) Railway Giants Finally Unveil Why They Need to Expand Penn Station Demand for rail service into Penn Station is growing quickly again, post-covid, and the three big railroads told a community... News 05 Aug 2024 | 06:11
Filmmaker Claire Read found remnants of the old Penn Station at a storage yard in Newark, NJ. ( Photo by Lina McGinn) New Film, Penn F***ing Station Captures Rail Hub at Its Most Decrepit Glory Claire Read lived in Penn Station for four years. Well, not literally. She is neither homeless nor a character in an updated... News 20 Jul 2024 | 12:17
City Council member Christopher Marte is pushing back somewhat on the “City of Yes” Housing plans of Mayor Eric Adams. Photo: Ballotpedia Marte’s Wary of Key Parts of City of Yes Plan Pushed by Adams, Stirs Debate City Council member Christopher Marte says Mayor Adam’s City of Yes for more housing is a definite maybe. Marte, who represents... 27 Jun 2024 | 06:08
