Gov. Cuomo called on President Trump Sunday to provide emergency funding to remedy the “intolerable” situation at Penn Station that will soon create “a summer of agony.”

The plea came after executives from Amtrak, which has operational control over the Midtown rail hub, announced earlier this month they would shut down train tracks for about six weeks in July and August to repair long-neglected infrastructure.

That means the 600,000 passengers who pass through the station each day will face a nightmarish 20% reduction in service during peak hours, Cuomo said.

“Amtrak's need to cut service this summer has created both a short-term crisis and dramatically exposed the system's chronic problems,” Cuomo wrote in a letter to Trump.

“While this is not a hurricane or flood it will affect as many people and businesses with dire consequences. Like a natural disaster, we didn’t create it but our public offices require we address it. As in most emergencies, this is not a political issue and bipartisan officials will agree that we need immediate help. ..This situation affects the entire northeast region.”

It’s not just Long Island Rail Road, Amtrak and New Jersey Transit commuters who face a nightmare scenario. The delays at Penn Station will also affect the already-overwhelmed subway system, regional transit and more, Cuomo said.

The governor, according to an aide, wrote to Trump because the President is finalizing a budget plan and has previously said spending on infrastructure is a priority. Cuomo “went to the top” because of the immediacy of the summer work, the aide said.

Cuomo asked Trump to lend his support to forcing Amtrak — a quasi-federal entity — to turn over control of Penn Station to a private terminal operator.

He also requested federal funding for the state’s ongoing construction of a new entrance to Penn Station from the Farley Post Office. Money is needed for a “long term resolution for Penn Station,” as well as investment in alternative modes of transportation, Cuomo said.

He urged Trump to expedite federal funding for the Gateway Tunnel, which will replace the aging tubes between New York and New Jersey damaged during Hurricane Sandy.

The scale of the Penn Station problem required all levels of government be involved, Cuomo wrote. Local governments in the city and surrounding counties needed to be ready to contribute to the effort, Cuomo said, adding he will call on the MTA to accelerate its capital plan to improve mass transit.

Trump’s campaign pledge to pump $1 trillion into U.S. infrastructure to create jobs made the funding surge a no-brainer, Cuomo said, appealing to the President’s roots in New York.

“As a New Yorker, I think you know the severity of the situation and you know that if the state has the financial and operating support, we will get the job done,” Cuomo wrote.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, who represents parts of Nassau County, agreed.

“I talk with commuters every day, many of whom have taken the LIRR for decades, and they have never experienced this level of dysfunction,” Kaminsky said. “As Penn Station is a major rail-hub and a critical part of the Northeast U.S. economy, it certainly behooves the federal government to get involved immediately and provide necessary funding.”

Amtrak did not respond to requests for comment.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new...on-article-1.3183796

Simply put: Fuck Cuomo, and the horse he rode in on.

Sounds like fuckers at work. Oh wah, maintenance is going to hinder you, cry me a river, see what happens without it.

First, Moonbeam, now Cuomo.

Actually, I don't have a problem with this request. Trump did say he wanted to invest in infrastructure and this certainly falls under that heading. The need for close scrutiny with the project will be needed to keep the overruns in check of course.

Jim

Amtrack is a failed boondoggle that the government has no business being involved in. Therefore, Cuomo may not like the answer he receives on funding...

Sure, pour lots of tax dollars into a sanctuary city.

Andrew Chomo... Didn't he cut short a corruption investigation when it was leading right up to him?
Dear Andy ,
GFY.
Sincerely,
President Trump

They must have hired the same firm that maintains dams in California.

So use the money he wants for his free college.

Where is all the money from the high taxes on gas, cigarettes, soda, salt, property, etc.?

The same sub human organism that destroyed what little second amendment rights we had in New York ( hence my move to free America with my tax dollars ) wants more money to support the urban sheep that keep him in office have him and his followers pound sand

As we in NY say.... FUAC

Just like his father - a sfaccime (as the late Bob Grant called him).

I would say that there is more than enough revenue from within the state of NY to take care of this issue, they just might have to cut back on a little of the corruption is all.

And, isn't NYC a "sanctuary city"? If I were Trump I'd Cuomo to pound sand until that is reversed.

Guess what asshole... we all suffer from slowdowns in transportation and we all manage to carry the fuck on. Once spring hit here every god damn fucking road is tore up and I'll bet it creates a 40% or more slowdown so take your 20% and stick your stubby Dick in it. . If you are lucky enough to be able to use one of our highways in the Twin Cities, it's down from three or four lanes in a single direction to one or two lanes. Even the piece of shit Governor Dayton knows it doesn't help to cry to the Trumpster.

Whew. I feel better now.

Oh yeah - FUAC

quote:

the 600,000 passengers who pass through the station each day will face a nightmarish 20% reduction in service during peak hours

OMG! That will inconvenience:

100,000 illegals,
499,995 Hillary voters, and
000,005 others

We must send the appropriate resources, stat! Surely, someone somewhere has some folding chairs and popcorn.

Make a deal, loosen up gun laws, allow easy transport through NY, and shall issue, drop sanctuary city, jail clintons, recall Schumer

Ie, the bulk of our money goes to welfare (to buy votes), to public education (to indoctrinate and brainwash the masses), to crony capitalists and fat-cat bureaucrats (we have to take care of ourselves first); so now we don't have the money to actually serve the needs of the people, and we expect hated conservatives to start writing bigger checks.

quote:

Originally posted by HRK:
Make a deal, loosen up gun laws, allow easy transport through NY, and shall issue, drop sanctuary city, jail clintons, recall Schumer

You forgot "cut taxes".

Hai Andy.

Amtrak? You need it. You fund it.

It's already northeast thing funded by the rest of us. I don't ride it. I don't want to pay for it. Tenth Amendment and shit since you fuckers want to secede anyhow but are too fuckin' chicken until Commiefornia gets something on their ballot.

As for local funding sources, it might cost your girlfriend Sandra a couple bottles of vodka and Kwanzaa cakes. It's not a small price to pay because a human body isn't supposed to take more than 4 of each per day.

Up yours and FUAC,
MitchbSC