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
- 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)
- 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)