NY Gov Unveils Plan For $7B Penn Station Makeover

New York City’s ABC News affiliate reports:

Governors Kathy Hochul and Phil Murphy joined Mayor Eric Adams and MTA officials Thursday to announce the latest plans to renovate Penn Station. They want to change it from a cramped two-story structure to a sweeping single-level train hall, and they said they’ll begin accepting proposals for the massive undertaking.

Penn Station has long been in the crosshairs of governors looking to renovate the decades-old transit hub, linking MTA, NJ Transit, and Amtrak trains with the city’s subway system in a claustrophobic maze of cramped, confusing corridors.

The plan includes 8 acres of public space, 18 new entrances, and 1,800 residential units — 540 of which will be considered affordable housing. MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said the $7 billion project is designed to redeem the train hub’s tarnished image in the eyes of New Yorkers.

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The makeover was first announced in 2017 by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and has since gotten major revisions.