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Trump demands his name be put on Penn Station and Dulles airport in exchange for federal funding: report

Chuck Schumer declined to put the president’s name on New York’s Penn Station, saying he did not have the authority

The Independent UK

$16 billion funding freeze: Trump wanted NY airport, station named after him, says report

US President Donald Trump reprotedly proposed to release $16 billion in funding for New York's Hudson River tunnel project. In exchange, he wanted Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer to support renaming Washington Dulles Airport and New York Penn Station after him, according to a source cited by Reuters.

The Times of India

Inside Trump's push to rename Dulles and Penn Station after himself

The $16 billion project is set to shut down indefinitely on Friday.

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Democrats erupt in fury over Trump demanding Schumer help rename Dulles, Penn Station

"There is no point in yielding to his ever-changing ransom demands," said one Democrat.

Axios

Mother of baby abandoned at Penn Station subway stop charged with endangering child

New York City police say they've arrested the mother of a newborn girl who was abandoned at a busy midtown Manhattan subway station with her umbilical cord still attached

The Independent UK

NY police seek woman for questioning after baby is abandoned at Penn Station subway stop

New York City police released images of a woman wanted for questioning after an infant girl with her umbilical cord still attached was abandoned at a busy midtown Manhattan subway station

The Independent UK

Activists slam surge in arrests of LGBTQ+ people at known cruising spot in New York City

Over 200 men have been arrested at the men’s toilets in Penn Station in a police initiative branded as ‘discriminatory’

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Off-duty officer shoots and wounds man inside New York City's busy Penn Station, police say

New York Police are investigating after an off-duty officer shot and wounded a man inside Pennsylvania Station, the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest station in the U.S. Police say they received a 911 call Wednesday night reporting that a 32-year-old man had been “shot…

The Independent UK

Amtrak launches new 160mph Acela trains — but they take just as long as the old ones

Acelas run from Washington DC's Union Station to Boston via Philadelphia, New York Penn Station, New Haven, and Providence

The Independent UK

Amtrak reveals launch date for new 160mph tilting trains on the East Coast

The next-generation Acela trains will run from Washington DC's Union Station to Boston via New York Penn Station

The Independent UK

Now Trump wants to take over Manhattan’s Penn Station renovation

‘President Trump has made it clear: the days of reckless spending and blank checks are over,’ the transportation said, in a jab to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

The Independent UK

Trump administration takes over $7B reconstruction project for NYC's Penn Station

President Donald Trump’s transportation chief says the administration would take control of the $7 billion reconstruction project for New York City’s busy but aging Penn Station, sidelining the city’s mass transit agency

The Independent UK

Man found with ‘serious’ burns at New York’s Penn Station days after woman set on fire on subway train

The incident comes hours after a man was charged with murder after allegedly lighting a woman on fire on the subway last weekend

The Independent UK

Escaped Texas Longhorn Steer Sparks Mayhem at Newark Penn Station!

The curious tale of Ricardo the steer unfolds! He was found on Newark's Penn Station tracks causing traffic! Now safe in Skyland Animal Sanctuary.

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Financial Times

Reinventing Penn Station: can New York still do big things?

The long-delayed project has become a symbol of a city sometimes trapped in byzantine politics and personal rivalries

Reason

New York's Ultra-Broad Definition of "Blight" Continues to Enable Eminent Domain Abuse

In this case, it enables the state to declare the area around Penn Station in New York City "blighted" and thereby authorize the use of eminent domain to take property for transfer to private interests.

The Independent UK

2 arrested after Twitter threats to 'shoot up a synagogue'

Authorities say two men who were arrested at New York’s Penn Station after antisemitic threats were posted on social media represented a real danger

Tribune News Service

NYC Jewish community terror threat averted by suspects’ arrest at Penn Station

NEW YORK — A “developing threat” to New York City’s Jewish community was averted by the arrests of two armed men at Penn Station, New York City Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell said Saturday.

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Armed men nabbed at Penn Station were ‘threat’ to NYC’s Jewish community, police say

NEW YORK — A “developing threat” to New York City’s Jewish community was averted by the arrests of two men at Penn Station — one of whom had Nazi-type insignia on him, New York City Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell and sources said Saturday.

Tribune News Service

NYC Jewish community terror threat averted by suspects’ arrest at Penn Station

NEW YORK — A “developing threat” to New York City’s Jewish community was averted early Saturday by the arrests of two armed men at Penn Station, New York City Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell said in a statement.

The Independent UK

Funding deal for new Penn Station reached between state, NYC

A funding agreement has been reached for the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of New York's aging Penn Station rail hub

Tribune News Service

Gov. Hochul forges ahead with NYC’s Penn Station redesign plan that stands to benefit major campaign donor

NEW YORK — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul pressed full steam ahead Thursday on a plan to redesign Manhattan’s Penn Station that has drawn pushback from government watchdog groups as it stands to benefit one of her biggest campaign donors.

Benzinga

Metropolitan Transportation Authority Picks Jacobs As Prime Designer For Penn Station Access

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has selected Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:J) as the Prime Designer for Penn Station Access, an expansion of Metro-North's regional railroad system. Financial terms not disclosed. Jacobs will design the expansion and support construction, led by the Halmar International/Railworks Joint Venture. Jacobs will develop a digital for visualizing…

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