Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams at announcement for New New York panel’s action plan. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul ( Don Pollard) Penn Station and the New New York Governor Kathy Hochul was told by a key legislator that she must come up with a new plan for rebuilding Penn Station and... News 15 Dec 2022 | 03:33
Opponents call this “eyewash”: Hochul and the ESD’s planned underground Penn Station, with the long atrium next to the truck bay being the predominant source of bringing natural light to the two-block station. Rendering by FX Collaborative Fighting ‘Eyewash’ on Penn Station One of the challenges of debating a development project is that the core of the argument is presented in images, not words.... News 09 Dec 2022 | 09:40
Rendering of a redesigned Penn Station. Photo: Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Stopping Penn Redevelopment Opponents of Governor Kathy Hochul’s plan to redevelop the Penn Station neighborhood sued the state alleging that the plan... News 27 Oct 2022 | 05:59
Layla Law-Gisiko, chair of CB5’s land use, housing and zoning committee committee. Photo: Katrina Hajagos Starting Over on Penn Station Dissatisfied with current plans for redeveloping the Penn Station neighborhood, the local community board voted Thursday... News 15 Oct 2022 | 06:07
Governor Kathy Hochul of New York at Moynihan Train Hall on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2022 to announce the solicitation of proposals to renovate Penn Station. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA ( Marc A. Hermann / Metropolitan Transportation Auth) A ‘Yes, But...’ Vote on Penn Station There are days when the actions of government seem to mean the opposite of what they say. Take the “yes” vote Wednesday on... Home 28 Jul 2022 | 05:48
Governor Kathy Hochul of New York at Moynihan Train Hall on Thursday, Jun. 9, 2022 to announce the solicitation of proposals to renovate Penn Station. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA Hochul Pushes Ahead on Penn Station Plan The Hochul administration pressed forward against continued community resistance with its plan to renovate Penn Station and... News 22 Jul 2022 | 04:29
Madison Square Garden. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, via Flickr Relocating Madison Square Garden? The Manhattan Borough President and key Manhattan legislators have coalesced around a call to relocate Madison Square Garden... Home 17 Jul 2022 | 01:59
Governor Kathy Hochul announces that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT, is requesting proposals to guide the Penn Station reconstruction effort outlined in the fall in the Penn Station Master Plan study. Photo: Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul Battle Lines Over Penn Station Once upon a rather different time, the Pennsylvania Railroad, then the nation’s second largest corporation, decided it could... News 18 Jun 2022 | 04:55
Rendering of revised 250 Water Street tower, courtesy of Howard Hughes Corporation and SOM Approval Process Moves Forward for 250 Water Street More than two decades after it was first proposed, the construction of a controversial skyscraper at 250 Water Street in... News 05 Jan 2022 | 10:58
Rendering of Boat Basin plan, via NYC Parks Department CB7 Opposes Boat Basin Revisions Members of Community Board 7 still oppose several aspects of the $90 million plan that will transform the 79th Street Boat... News 09 Dec 2021 | 02:47
Rendering of entrance to Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. City Council Approves Blood Center Plan The City Council, brushing aside the objections of its member from the Upper East Side, overwhelmingly approved the New York... News 24 Nov 2021 | 06:45
Photo courtesy of Council Member Ben Kallos Kallos: ‘This Wasn’t Really About Blood’ Ben Kallos still wants to talk to the New York Blood Center. “I am still reaching out to them asking them to come to the table,”... News 18 Nov 2021 | 06:57
Street-level rendering of revised Blood Center, courtesy of Ennead. Blood Center: The Political Tide Turns The New York Blood Center lopped 116 feet off the new tower it is proposing to build on the East Side and that turned the... News 12 Nov 2021 | 11:49
Governor Kathy Hochul unveils commuter-first vision for Penn Station and surrounding neighborhood on Nov. 3, 2021. Photo: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul ( Don Pollard) Hochul: ‘It’s Time for a New Penn Station’ Governor Kathy Hochul didn’t so much scale down Andrew Cuomo’s plan for redeveloping Penn Station and its neighborhood as... News 07 Nov 2021 | 12:29
Blood Center rendering, via the office of George M. Janes. City Planning Commission Approves Blood Center Project The controversial proposal to build a 340-foot life sciences laboratory and office tower on the current site of The New York... News 23 Sep 2021 | 03:30
