Mamdani requested in regards to the renaming of Penn Station after President Trump – NBC New York
What is going on to Penn Station?
The bustling prepare hub on the west facet of Manhattan has been again within the information since federal lawmakers started publicly discussing makes an attempt by the Trump administration to rename Penn Station.
The notorious prepare station is being resigned as a part of a much-talked-about $8 billion venture.
Nobody within the Trump administration has outright declared any intention to call the station after the president, however a number of officers linked to the previous New Yorker have talked in regards to the concept overtly.
A latest letter from U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy in search of congressional funding, which doesn’t embody a proposed identify change, sparked swift condemnation by many Democrats. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) over the weekend held a press convention the place he promised to stall any efforts to call the station after Trump.
“Any transportation invoice, any invoice that renames Penn Station for Trump is lifeless in the US Senate. I’ll block it. It ain’t occurring, Donald Trump,” Schumer mentioned on Sunday.
The query of a Penn Station identify change got here earlier than Mayor Zohran Mamdani throughout an unrelated press convention on Wednesday.
“Is the Metropolis going to chip in any cash towards that redevelopment and likewise what do you consider President Trump desirous to rename the station after himself?” a reporter requested Mamdani.
The mayor, in his response, didn’t point out the president.
“I’m extra focused on what the station would be capable to ship to New Yorkers than what we name that station,” Mamdani responded. “I believe we discuss our metropolis as a world class metropolis, and we all know that as a way to earn that description now we have to offer world class service at each single juncture and there may be nonetheless a lot to be executed in relation to making certain that’s the case when New Yorkers expertise Penn Station.”
