Key Sources Penn Station Redevelopment Plan

Updated: January 12, 2023

Reports/Resources

• Penn Station PILOT Report by Bridget Fisher and Flávia Leite, commissioned by Reinvent Albany (July 13, 2022)
• NYC Independent Budget Office Report (May 2022)
• Penn Station GPP and related documents on ESD website
  • State-City Framework Agreement (July 18, 2022)
  • Final Environmental Impact Statement (June 2022)
  • Penn Station Cost Shares/Sources and Uses (July 2022)
• Community Advisory Committee (CAC) materials
  • Materials on ESD “Empire Station Complex Archive”
  • ESD response to Reinvent Albany’s FOIL request for CAC materials (As of November 2021)
• Public Authorities Control Board Penn Station Resolution (July 2022)
• Weinstock v ESD lawsuit (September 2022)
• Lawsuit materials for Penn Community Defense Fund, 251 West 30th Street Residential Tenants Association, City Club of New York, and ReThinkNYC v ESD (October 2022)
  • Petition and Complaint
  • Memorandum of Law
  • Affirmation of Chuck Weinstock
  • Affidavit of Richard Ravitch
  • Affidavit of George Janes
• ESD Response to Reinvent Albany’s Questions (October 2022)
• Reinvent Albany Summary of Community Lawsuit (November 2022)
• Reinvent Albany Statement “New York State Can Fix Penn Station Without Vornado” (November 2022)
• Reinvent Albany Report “New: PACB Vote Approving Penn Redevelopment Plan Completely Abnormal“ (December 2022)
• Reinvent Albany Fact Sheet “State Still Keeping Nine Big Secrets About Vornado/Penn Station Deal” (January 2023)

Elected Officials’ Statements (All July 27, 2022)

• Comptroller DiNapoli’s letter to PACB before vote 
• Senator Comrie’s statement on PACB vote 
• Governor Hochul’s statement on PACB vote 
• Senators Krueger, Hoylman, and Jackson’s statement on PACB vote

Prominent Opinion and Press 

• New York Times, Patrick McGeehan: Funding for Penn Station Plan Could Fall $3 Billion Short, Report Says (July 13, 2022)
• Daily News Editorials:
  • Penn Problems – Parts 1, 2, 3 (July 18, 2022)
  • The approval that wasn’t: The Penn revitalization plan gets a very strange thumbs-up (July 28, 2022)
• Daily News Op-Ed, Dick Ravitch: Derail this Penn redevelopment plan (July 27, 2022)
• Crain’s Editorial: Time to show the math behind funding the much-needed Penn Station overhaul (May 17, 2022)
• NY Post Opinion, Nicole Gelinas: Penn Station plan is the worst deal since Manhattan was sold for $24 (July 25, 2022)
• Crain’s Op-Ed, Rachael Fauss: Fund better transit with real capital dollars, not schemes (June 23, 2022)
• Forbes Op-Ed, Rick McGahey: Vague Penn Station Deal Risks Billions In Public Funds (July 14, 2022)
• Daily News, Clayton Guse: NY lawmakers hold off on approval of tax dollars from proposed skyscrapers to fund Penn Station overhaul (July 27, 2022)
• Gothamist, Stephen Nessen and Jon Campbell: Penn Station project gets key approval by NY state board, moves to next phase (July 27, 2022)
• Washington Post, Skylar Woodhouse: What Penn Station’s $6 Billion Makeover Means for NYC (August 22, 2022)
• The City, Gabriel Poblete: Penn Station Megaproject Suit Seeks Documents State Withheld as ‘Trade Secrets’ (September 9, 2022)
• The City, Gabriel Poblete: Penn Station Neighbors Set Out to Create Their Own Area Plan to Counter Hochul’s (October 21, 2022)
• Crain’s, Aaron Elstein: Vornado delays Penn Station redevelopment, plans to cut dividend (November 1, 2022)
• Gothamist, Stephen Nessen: Penn Station developer backs off $22 billion project after years working behind the scenes with NY governor (November 4, 2022)
• Newsday Editorial: MTA must keep Penn Station revamp moving forward (November 27, 2022)