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NYC officials demand answers over Trump’s secret pick to lead Penn Station renovation

NYC officials are demanding answers after the Trump administration quietly named a private consortium to oversee Penn Station's renovation without public input.

By Bushwick Daily News Desk

June 7, 2026 · 3 min read

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NYC officials demand answers over Trump’s secret pick to lead Penn Station renovation

NYC officials are demanding answers after the Trump administration quietly named a private consortium to oversee Penn Station's renovation without public input.

Midtown · · 3 min read
NYC officials demand answers over Trump’s secret pick to lead Penn Station renovation
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A group of New York’s federal, state, and local elected officials gathered across the street from Madison Square Garden on Sunday to demand answers about how the Trump administration handed control of the Penn Station renovation to a private developer consortium behind closed doors, as first reported by AMNY.

Penn Transformation Partners was quietly named “master developer” of the country’s busiest transit hub. Rep. Jerry Nadler, Assembly Member Tony Simone, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and others signed a…

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Filed underBrad Hoylman-Sigal / Infrastructure / Jerry Nadler / Manhattan / NYC / Penn Station / Penn Transformation Partners / Tony Simone / Trump administration

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