Posted on 05/08/2025 7:56:30 PM PDT by Morgana
Penn station is no longer under the control of NYC itself, instead President Trump has seized control of Americas largest train station... which might be the best thing to ever happen to it.
Journalistic report. Includes news footage and commentary.
"the Trump administration is kicking the MTA off the 7 billion Penn Station reconstruction project and giving it to Amtrak which is federally funded with transportation secretary Shawn Duppy saying the MTA has a history ofinefficiency waste and mismanagement "
(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...
“Great... now people in Kansas can subsidize commuters working for New York City employers.”
Sorry, we were already doing that. “For instance, in FY2024, the MTA received over $1.2 billion in Section 5337 funds for State of Good Repair projects. “
And AMTRAK is EFFICIENT??
In this case “efficient” == lower levels of “facilitation” and “supervisory overhead” payments.
As long as he keeps the Ralph Kramden statue, I’m all for it.
The author has no proofreader or editor? I wonder if Rachel knows her husband changed his last name. LOL!
Back in the day, $7B could build you a nice nuke plant, or 2-3 coal fired plants, or 8-10 natural gas plants.
WHAT?
Hell no.
Let NY pay for it.
Apparently they have enough spare money to erect statues of anonymous obese hood rats.
sounds like a good place to round up illegals
“Where is the witch Hochul?”
Crying that the kickbacks to pay for Letitia James criminal defense are gone and now she has to find another way to pay for it.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/07/opinion/nix-the-taxpayer-funded-legal-defense-slush-fund-for-letitia-james/
Well, if Amtrak’s in charge...
He can rename bathrooms and restrooms to Bidens. “ where is the Biden?”
“Great... now people in Kansas can subsidize commuters working for New York City employers.”
Possibly the project was already being done with Federal money.
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