By Thomas C. Zambito, Rockland/Westchester Journal News, lohud.com; January 22, 2019
Metro-North and Amtrak have overcome their public disagreements over the Penn Station Access Project, clearing the way for a $1 billion rail plan that will open Manhattan’s West Side to Westchester County commuters for the first time.
At a Metro-North meeting in Manhattan today, a top-ranking MTA official credited Gov. Andrew Cuomo with helping to break a logjam with Amtrak that had stalled the opening of bids for the project.