{"id":180531,"date":"2025-08-27T19:45:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/180531\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:45:09","slug":"will-trump-rename-penn-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/180531\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Trump rename Penn Station?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\"><strong>NEW YORK<\/strong> &#8211; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy visited Penn Station on Wednesday to unveil a $7 billion plan to rebuild New York City\u2019s busiest and most maligned transit hub. The project is part of President Donald Trump\u2019s &#8220;America is Building Again&#8221; initiative.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">The Trump administration took control of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/cash-bail-nyc-trump-national-guard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long-stalled project in April,<\/a> sidelining the MTA after years of delays. Federal officials now say rebuilding will begin by 2027.<\/p>\n<p> Trump taps \u2018Train Daddy\u2019 for Penn Station  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Former New York City Transit president Andy Byford, known as &#8220;Train Daddy,&#8221; has been tapped to oversee the overhaul. &#8220;He&#8217;s a visionary,&#8221; Duffy said, pointing out the station\u2019s failing infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">By the numbers:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Byford called the effort &#8220;a golden opportunity&#8221; and said, &#8220;This is the project I want to do,&#8221; noting he has already been working on it for three months. He announced the start of the process to bring in a master developer, backed by a $43 million federal grant to Amtrak. A developer will be chosen by May 2026, with completion expected within two years.<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">&#8220;Ladies and gentlemen, the steps to completely transform Penn Station start today,&#8221; Byford said, adding that an &#8220;A team&#8221; is being assembled.<\/p>\n<p> Will Trump rename Penn Station? <\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">When asked if the station could be renamed, Duffy joked, &#8220;I imagine you&#8217;re asking will this be \u2018Trump Station.\u2019 I think that has a nice ring to it, but listen, we&#8217;re all working to build this project.&#8221; He added, &#8220;I\u2019ll just say stay tuned for how the president will engage to make sure America and the world runs smoothly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">It remains unclear if federal oversight will alter the design or timeline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-7f0a623e=\"\">Gov. Kathy Hochul has said she welcomed the move, noting that it will save New York taxpayers more than $1 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> This report is based on information from Sec. Sean Duffy and Andy Byford.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/organization\/nj-transit\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-7f0a623e=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NJ Transit<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8211; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy visited Penn Station on Wednesday to unveil a $7 billion plan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":180532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,50,5226,5225,62117,5228,5227,12632,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-180531","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-nj-transit","15":"tag-ny","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-organization","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115102451185450336","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}