Amtrak set a May 4 deadline for the three contenders who are vying to be the master developer of Penn Station to submit their bids. The winner will be revealed in June.
Amtrak set a May 4 deadline for the three contenders who are vying to be the master developer of Penn Station to submit their bids. The winner will be revealed in June. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly)

The deadline for three contenders to submit their bids to Amtrak to become the master developer for the multi-billion-dollar Penn Station development plan is May 4. Local activists and political leaders are pushing for more transparency in the planning process.

Anxiety Rises as Deadline Looms to Pick Penn Master Planner
02 Apr 2026 | 08:55
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After years of squabbling and stasis over the future of Penn Station and its neighborhood, Amtrak will soon make one of the most significant development decisions in the modern history of New York.

The passenger railroad, which owns Penn Station and is in turn owned by the federal government, says that...

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