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State Senate Holds Hearing On Penn Station Development Plan
March 6, 2023
Dolan’s refusal to move MSG puts snag in Penn Station repair plans – ABC7NY
February 13, 2023
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September 23, 2022
Alex Washburn GPCA Awareness Rally at MSG
August 31, 2022
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The Spirit
Italian Plan to Revamp Penn Station Picks Up Valuable Ally
April 24, 2023
Vishaan Chakrabarti, founder of Practice of Architecture and Urbanism, calls a new compromise plan by Italian construction giant ASTM–which would remodel while leaving Madison Square Garden atop the terminal–a “great and achievable vision for the…
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Crain's New York Business
Neighbors refuse MSG’s request for a never-ending permit
April 17, 2023
Madison Square Garden’s bid for a new, never-ending operating permit should be denied—unless it is shortened to just three years and its owners make a serious plan to move, a community board said Thursday.
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Spectrum News
Community board rebuffs MSG bid to stay on top of Penn Station
April 17, 2023
Madison Square Garden faced a tough crowd at Manhattan Community Board 5 Thursday, which voted against a permit allowing MSG to operate permanently above Penn Station. Instead, the board backed a permit that gives MSG…
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Commercial Observer
Manhattan Community Board 5 Calls on City to Deny MSG’s Permit Renewal
April 17, 2023
If the New York City Council listens to Manhattan Community Board 5, then Madison Square Garden’s permit renewal may be denied.
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Our Town
Penn Station Re-Do: Hochul Ponders Plan That Would Meld Public/Private Partnership
April 3, 2023
With Vornado’s towers plan stalled, Governor Kathy Hochul is now listening to a new plan from an Italian construction giant on how to build and pay for the renovation of Penn Station. The company, ASTM,…
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Crain's New York Business
Crain’s Extra: The march of zombies
March 27, 2023
New York gives out lots of tax breaks to businesses, although none are quite like MSG’s.
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The New York Post
Hochul admits plan to fund Penn Station redo with towers is in trouble
March 13, 2023
Gov. Kathy Hochul seemingly acknowledged Thursday that she would likely have to find a new way to raise the $7 billion needed to overhaul the Big Apple’s much-hated Penn Station, as her plan to finance…
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The New Yorker
The Fight Over Penn Station and Madison Square Garden
March 6, 2023
How the effort to renovate midtown Manhattan’s transit hub has been stalled by money, politics, and disputes about the public good.
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New York Daily News
The Penn rehab plan is dead, bring it back to life
March 6, 2023
There are two gigantic problems with that gargantuan plan: the work-from-home shift has nearly obliterated demand for office space; and Vornado itself is in no rush to build the actual buildings.
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New York Daily News
Penn upgrade project must be rebuilt from scratch
March 6, 2023
Three years ago, when Gov. Cuomo tried to force-feed a calamitous plan to destroy six city blocks around Penn Station, the justification was that the state needed it to pay for Penn Station upgrades.
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Crain's New York Business
New move for MSG? Exec surprises neighbors by suggesting the area could move across the street
February 27, 2023
A Madison Square Garden executive made a startling claim during a public hearing on the arena’s operating permit: the company might be willing to move the Garden after all.
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The New York Times
Developer Delays Penn Station Project, Citing Economic Conditions
February 20, 2023
Steven Roth, the CEO of Vornado, said that new construction was “almost impossible” because of tight lending, while remote work was hurting the office market.
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The New York Times
Madison Square Garden Wants to Stay Put Forever. It May Not Be So Easy.
January 31, 2023
With its current 10-year license expiring in July, the Garden is asking New York City officials for a permanent permit to run the arena at its site above Penn Station.
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Untapped New York
SEE PLANS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE ABOVE-GROUND PENN STATION
January 30, 2023
Three eminent architects have a different vision for the future of Penn Station than what has been proposed in the Pennsylvania Station Area Civic and Land Use Improvement Project (formerly known as Empire Station Complex).
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Crain’s New York Business
Urban designer on why MSG must move to make way for a new Penn Station
January 13, 2023
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The New York Times
Why New York State Insists That the Penn Station Area Is ‘Blighted’
January 9, 2023
The designation gives Gov. Kathy Hochul authority to transform the Manhattan neighborhood and build 10 skyscrapers there. A lawsuit is challenging her claim.
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Crain’s New York Business
Crain’s Custom Content Studio: What does the much-debated Penn Station Redevelopment Project herald for New York?
January 3, 2023
The Penn Station Redevelopment Project has been subject to a blitz of probing questions about its scope, financing and impact on adjacent businesses and neighborhoods. But none of the critiques levied against the ambitious plan…
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Crain’s New York Business
Hochul needs new plan to rebuild Penn Station: key State Senator
December 14, 2022
An influential state law maker said a new plan is needed to rebuild Penn Station now that the Hochul administration’s existing proposal seems moribund.
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New York Daily News
Bear market for Penn plan: Big troubles for Gov. Hochul and Vornado’s Midtown redevelopment
December 5, 2022
Steve Roth, CEO of Vornado Realty Trust, was telling the truth on his company’s earnings call Tuesday when he said that Gov. Hochul’s plan for a forest of new supertall towers around Penn Station, which…
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CB5 Manhattan
The Heart of Manhattan
December 5, 2022
Manhattan Community Board Five announced that it has launched a community-led plan for the Penn Station area.
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THE CITY
Penn Station Neighbors Set Out to Create Their Own Area Plan to Counter Hochul’s
December 5, 2022
Local residents and business owners who oppose Gov. Kathy Hochul’s looming Penn Station-area redevelopment plan and its megatowers are trying a new tack in their resistance: coming up with a proposal of their own.
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NY POST
This vision for brand-new Penn Station is what NYC dreams are made of
December 3, 2022
One month ago, I wrote a column praising London and its leaders for the blue-sky thinking that led to the historic preservation of the beautiful new Battersea Power Station. Once a derelict industrial plant, it is now…
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The Spirit
Penn Station Development in Disarray
November 10, 2022
The state’s plan to rebuild the neighborhood around Penn Station fell into a disarray reminiscent of the station itself after the biggest property owner in the area retreated from the project.
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NY POST
MSG Go? Eric Adams willing to talk about moving the world’s most famous arena
September 26, 2022
Mayor Eric Adams opened the door Wednesday to talks with Madison Square Garden owner James Dolan about moving “the world’s most famous arena” amidst the state’s ongoing Penn Station Redevelopment talks.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES
Penn Station Plan Makes a High-Stakes Bet on the Future of Office Work
August 29, 2022
In a bid to reshape Midtown Manhattan, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York State officials are pushing ahead with one of the largest real estate development projects in American history: 10 towers of mostly offices…
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New York Daily News
Striking the right Penn Station deal
August 18, 2022
Ah, developers! How do we deal with this curious species? How best to handle them, the apex predators of the private sector, when they venture into the public realm?
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NY POST
Gov. Hochul is now just Andrew Cuomo 2.0
August 2, 2022
When Gov. Hochul took office a year ago this month, New Yorkers had high hopes that she would be something new and needed: Big majorities were glad to have a less combative leader who promised “open, ethical…
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The Spirit
A ‘Yes, But…’ Vote on Penn Station
July 29, 2022
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…
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Crain’s New York Business
OP-ED: YES, MSG CAN BE MOVED. AND, YES, MOVING IT IS A GOOD IDEA
July 19, 2022
I’m sure everyone thought I was crazy when I said it. For months I’ve argued that you’d have to move Madison Square Garden to create a wonderful new Penn Station—a transit hub and public space…
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NY Post Editorial Board
Penn Station badly needs a redo but the Cuomo-Hochul plan doesn’t cut it
July 4, 2022
Anyone who’s ever been close to Penn Station knows what a hellhole it is. So it’s good that state and transit officials are planning to overhaul the site. Alas, what they’ve presented so far is…
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NY POST
State Senate wants answers on Kathy Hochul’s controversial Penn Station redo
June 15, 2022
State lawmakers will hold a hearing next week to address concerns about Gov. Kathy Hochul’s controversial plan to use the tax revenues from 10 new skyscrapers to fund renovations at Penn Station. Senate Finance Chair…
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WPIX
GPCA In the News I Alexandros Washburn tells WPIX why the developer’s plan won’t bring Penn Station back to its lost grandeur.
May 11, 2022
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New York Newsday
State’s plan to redevelop around Penn Station getting pushback
April 25, 2022
A state proposal to redevelop real estate properties around Penn Station in order to fund improvements inside the LIRR’s cramped Manhattan home is facing major pushback from city leaders and activists, especially given the reduced…
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AMNY
Op-Ed | Why the Penn Station plan should build housing, not office space
March 7, 2022
It would surprise most New Yorkers to learn that, by the end of this month, the State of New York is poised to approve the largest development project in the history of New York City….
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NY POST
Hochul’s Penn Station revamp will take $5B from city, advocates charge
March 1, 2022
A number of activist groups claim that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Penn Station development plan is a “secretive maneuver” to redirect an estimated $5 billion away from the…
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
The blind men and the white elephant: N.Y.’s terrible Penn Station development plan
February 27, 2022
The disqualifying problem with the state’s plan to rezone the blocks across the street from Penn Station is best illustrated by the parable of the blind men and the elephant…
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NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
We need to move the Garden to save the Garden
January 31, 2022
There’s been a lot of debate lately about the future of Penn Station and the blocks around it. But in every discussion, there’s an elephant in the room that no one wants to address —…
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CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS
Scrap Cuomo’s plan, rebuild Pennsylvania Station
September 13, 2021
Aftershocks from the implosion of the Cuomo administration will last for years. In at least one case, make that hundreds of years…
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