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Penn Station revamp plan to cost $2B more than first claimed: records
November 8, 2023 | 2:33pmFormer MTA chairman Pat Foye and his new employer, Italian transportation conglomerate ASTM, have been claiming their bid to rebuild and privatize the station will cost no more than $6...
Vornado reels in Blue Ribbon for Penn 1 mega-project in former dining wasteland
October 16, 2023 | 7:32pmMarket watchers attribute much of the success to food options that would have been unthinkable there just a few years ago.
Penn Station expansion could balloon beyond single block, hit whopping $16.7B, new plans reveal
September 19, 2023 | 5:57pmNewly revised schematics reviewed by The Post call for a terminal that would be far larger than the massive $11 billion one just dug under Manhattan's Grand Central Terminal for...
NYC officials set to give James Dolan five-year permit for MSG as battle over the site's future begins
September 14, 2023 | 9:00amThe New York City Council is set to approve giving James Dolan -- the controversial owner of Madison Square Garden and its two sports franchises, the Knicks and Rangers --...
The case for MSG staying in place forever: Letter to the Editor
August 28, 2023 | 6:18pmTHE ISSUE: The City Council's coming vote on extending Madison Square Garden's permission to keep operating above Penn Station. Your recent editorial, “A Short Renewal for the Garden” (Aug. 28)...
NYC Council committee allows MSG to stay put for five more years
August 28, 2023 | 2:47pmThe permit would be the shortest ever granted to the “World’s Most Famous Arena’’ — and is designed to ratchet up the pressure on Dolan to cooperate in the rebuilding...
MSG-Penn Station impasse: City Council should call a short time-out
August 27, 2023 | 7:46pmMonday afternoon, a City Council committee votes on how long to extend to extend Madison Square Garden’s “special permit” to keep operating at its decades-long site above Penn Station.
Penn Station partially evacuated during rush hour over 'suspicious package' investigation
August 3, 2023 | 8:38pmThe NYPD's bomb squad was called to investigate the suspicious package.
MTA, NJ Transit shelved $3B plan to fix Penn Station in favor of pricier plan — and to not work together
July 28, 2023 | 5:48pmThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority quietly developed a plan to dramatically boost capacity at the notoriously clogged Penn Station for $10 billion less than its current proposal to add a new...
The Dead Rabbit to open new bar at Moynihan Train Hall in September
July 25, 2023 | 2:34pmJack McGarry, who co-founded the acclaimed Dead Rabbit in 2013, has announced he’ll soon be opening another Emerald Isles-themed taproom in the transit hub.
Vintage Penn Station tower lands high-paying tenant after $450M facelift: sources
July 23, 2023 | 10:47am“Flight to quality” doesn’t mean that office tenants in today’s challenged market invariably gravitate to brand-new towers. The phenomenon includes demand for properties built in the ancient 20th Century that are “new”...
Ex-MTA chief may have violated ethics laws with Penn Station, MSG contract: watchdogs
July 18, 2023 | 8:31pmThe state's former transit chief, Pat Foye, may have violated state ethics laws by leading a $12.5 billion bid to reconstruct and operate Penn Station, government watchdogs say.
Don't give away our leverage to fix Penn Station, once and for all
July 12, 2023 | 7:43pmCity Council gave Madison Square Garden and its owners, controlled by James Dolan, 10 years to either move or fix the problems it has created.
MSG could score $500M if Italian firm's plan to update Penn Station is approved
July 11, 2023 | 6:46pmThe plan offered by ASTM Group, a major player in global infrastructure, would require buying MSG’s Hulu Theater from the complex’s owner, James Dolan.
NYC recommends MSG gets a new permit — but James Dolan must cooperate with MTA rebuilding plans
July 10, 2023 | 1:36pmThe Department of City Planning recommended Monday that Madison Square Garden get a new permit to continue operating above Penn Station — with a major caveat: Owner James Dolan will...
Developer ASTM unveils $6B plan for Penn Station revamp, faces pushback over MSG 'bailout'
June 28, 2023 | 1:11pmASTM’s proposal has rankled some critics, including MTA officials.
NYC's $7B Penn Station concourse rebuild moves ahead without controversial towers
June 26, 2023 | 4:49pmThe reconstruction of Penn Station’s concourse will move ahead even though the controversial new office towers meant to underwrite the project’s $7 billion price tag likely won’t be built for...
Serve's up! Pickleball courts on track to open near new Penn Station
June 19, 2023 | 9:24amVornado’s ongoing $2 billion office upgrades in the Penn Station area has included new office building facades, public space and tenants’ amenities of many kinds, but not today’s ���It” attraction –...
MSG and Penn Station are 'not compatible': MTA
June 3, 2023 | 2:26pmThe state-run MTA has signed off on a bombshell 11th-hour report claiming both the station and World’s Most Famous Arena are not compatible.
Manhattan borough president rolls out MSG and Penn Station plan, backs 8th Ave. overhaul
May 22, 2023 | 1:52pmManhattan Borough President Mark Levine is backing a plan to overhaul Pennsylvania Station that would leave Madison Square Garden on top of the transit hub.