U.S., New York Governor Cuomo: Old train cars to be dropped off Long Island coast to boost artificial reef

By Bernadette Hogan, New York Post; September 15, 2020 ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the state will be dropping…

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U.S., New York station in motion: On Penn redo and beyond, Amtrak must accept lessons from L-train tunnel renovation

By The Editorial Board, New York Daily News; July 20, 2020 Someone had better remind the folks planning the Empire…

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U.S., New York – How to fix Penn Station: Fast-track rail and platform upgrades before expanding

By The Editorial Board, New York Daily News; January 7, 2020 Gov. Cuomo is right that the hellhole that is…

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U.S., New York: Can Penn Station Handle 175,000 More Riders? Cuomo Thinks So

By Christina Goldbaum, The New York Times; January 6, 2020 Pennsylvania Station, the busiest rail station in the Western Hemisphere,…

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U.S., New York: Penn Station expansion plan to include eight new tracks, increase capacity by 40 percent

By Colleen Wilson, NorthJersey.com; January 6, 2020 Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans Monday to add eight new tracks and a…

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U.S., New York State: Governor Cuomo calls for consultants to tell him why high speed rail is so expensive

By Clayton Guse, New York Daily News; December 26, 2019 Gov. Cuomo said Thursday that he wants to bring high…

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Governor Cuomo and New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority Look to Speed Up Sluggish Trains by as Much as 50%

By Dan Rivoli, Spectrum News NY 1; October 8, 2019 The MTA is going full throttle when it comes to…

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New York and New Jersey: The Hudson Tunnel Projects trims $1.4 billion with new financial plan

A Press Release From the Gateway Program, Mass Transit Magazine; August 26, 2019 The project cost for the construction of…

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New York Governor Cuomo’s choice: Enable transit turnaround or undermine it

Opinion By The Editors, Crain’s New York Business; July 23, 2019 Have you heard the one about the MTA being…

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Hudson Tunnel States Take Steps for Federal Construction Grants

By Elise Young, Bloomberg; June 11, 2019 New York and New Jersey are taking steps to overcome a barrier to…

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo puts Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers on notice after time clock cord cut in Long Island Rail Road office

By Clayton Guse, New York Daily News; June 6, 2019 A severed cable at a LIRR workplace is a smoking…

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New York Governor Cuomo says massive overtime at Long Island Rail Road ‘physically impossible’

By Bernadette Hogan, Rich Calder and Ruth Brown, New York Post; May 10, 2019 He’s finally on board. Gov. Cuomo…

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The New York City money pit: Is it too late to save a few billion on East Side Access plans? Let’s find out

By The Editorial Board, New York Daily News; April 8, 2019 The scrapped 15-month closure of the L train tunnel,…

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Gateway Tunnel Project: Repairs to New York City rail tunnel considered amid funding doubts

By David Porter, The Associated Press, The Washington Post; April 2, 2019 NEW YORK — With key federal funding nowhere…

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Food service on Albany-New York City train may re-up in 2019

By Diego Mendoza-Moyers, Albany Times-Union; March 9, 2019 Schenectady Food service may be coming back to Amtrak’s Empire Service train…

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If Albany Won’t, We Will: New York City Speaker Pushes Transit Agenda

By Henry Goldman and Martin Z Braun, Bloomberg; March 5, 2019 The leader of New York’s City Council vowed to…

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New York Senator Schumer says Governor Cuomo’s plan to freeze out Amtrak on Gateway Tunnel Project is ‘dumb’

By Carl Campanile, New York Post; March 4, 2019 Sen. Chuck Schumer took a rare shot at Gov. Cuomo Monday…

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Weed and web: Marijuana, internet sales taxes are key in new plan to fund New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority

By Raanan Geberer, Brooklyn Daily Eagle; February 26, 2019 On top of the widely publicized congestion pricing proposal that would…

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The Daily CSX: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo threatens legal action against CSX over Whitesboro bridge concerns

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 29, 2019 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening legal action against CSX if the…

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New York Penn Station Access Project gets greenlight, will open West Side to Westchester commuters for first time

By Thomas C. Zambito, Rockland/Westchester Journal News, lohud.com; January 22, 2019 Metro-North and Amtrak have overcome their public disagreements over…

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State counterterrorism panel calls for enhanced security at New York City’s Penn Station

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; January 16, 2019 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced a state advisory panel’s recommendations…

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Amtrak chair wants to study New York Governor Cuomo’s L train fix for its own tunnels

By Dan Rivoli, New York Daily News; January 7, 2019 Amtrak might use Gov. Cuomo’s quicker-fix plan to avert the…

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After meeting with Trump, New York Governor Cuomo unveils new vision for Gateway: cut out Amtrak

By Will Bredderman, Crain’s New York Business; November 28, 2018 Gov. Andrew Cuomo says President Donald Trump is all aboard…

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New York Governor Cuomo to meet with Trump to discuss new train tunnel

By David Klepper,  Associated Press, The Washington Post; November 27, 2018 ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will travel to…

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New York Governor Cuomo: Third track the answer to many Long Island Rail Road problems

By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; September 5, 2018 A long-debated plan to unclog one of the most troublesome bottlenecks in…

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