Penn Station Access Eminent Domain Hybrid Public Hearing

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”), on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, will hold a public hearing pursuant to Article 2 of the New York State Eminent Domain Procedure Law (“EDPL”) on the proposed acquisition of permanent & temporary property interests in properties in the Boroughs of Queens and the Bronx and the County of Westchester for the Penn Station Access Project (“Project”). The hearing will review the public uses, benefits, purposes, and location of the Project, the impact the Project may have on the environment and residents of the area, and will give the public an opportunity to comment on the Project and the proposed Property acquisition.

Description of the Project

The Penn Station Access Project will provide direct rail access to Penn Station-New York and Manhattan’s west side from southern Connecticut, Westchester County, and the east Bronx by providing direct service to New-Haven Line customers and introducing convenient, direct rail service to communities in the eastern Bronx currently underserved by mass transit. The Project will make various infrastructure improvements to Amtrak’s existing Hell Gate Line and will construct four (4) new Metro-North stations along the line in the east Bronx at Hunts Point, Parkchester-Van Nest, Morris Park, and Co-op City. This public hearing will include property interests needed for the Project.

Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Meeting begins at 6 p.m. Registration will close at 6:30 pm.
Residence Inn New York the Bronx at Metro Center Atrium
1776 Eastchester Road
Bronx, NY 10461

Use this link to register to speak in advance.

To join the webinar via Zoom, click here or call 877-853-5247 (Meeting ID 846 6449 6265).

For More Information, to Pre-Register to Speak, or to Submit Comments

Those wishing to be heard at the Public Hearing must register on the website. Verbal presentations will be limited to three (3) minutes.  You may present verbal testimony or submit written statements in lieu of or to supplement oral testimony concerning the proposed project.

Written comments will be accepted online via this link.

Comments may also be submitted via postal mail to:  MTA Government & Community Relations, Attn: Penn Station Access Project, 2 Broadway, B20.81, New York, NY 10004

All written and online comments must be received by 5:30 p.m. on July 8, 2022. Comments received after this date and time will not be considered.

For questions about the Hearing, contact: Joe O’Donnell, MTA Construction & Development, 2 Broadway, New York, N.Y.10004 Tel.: (646)252-2959 or Joseph.O'Donnell@mtacd.org

Any property owner or other interested party who may wish to challenge the proposed property taking via judicial review may do so only on the basis of issues, facts, and objections raised at the EDPL public hearing.

At the hybrid public hearing, CART Captioning and American Sign Language services will be available.

Members of the public who are deaf or hard of hearing can use their preferred relay service or the free 711 relay service, and then ask to be connected to the public hearing hotline at 646-252-6777 to speak with an agent.

Members of the public who are blind or have low vision can request accommodations on or before June 16, 2022, by submitting a request online or by calling the public hearing hotline at 646-252-6777.

Members of the public who do not have access to a computer or who do not have access to the Internet can listen to the hearing by calling the Zoom webinar at 1-877-853-5247 (toll-free). Then enter Webinar ID 846 6449 6265, followed by the pound (#) sign.

If language assistance or any other accommodations are required, please submit a request by June 16, 2022 in one of the following ways: online, by calling the public hearing hotline at 646-252-6777, or by sending a letter to:

MTA Government & Community Relations

Re: Penn Station Access Project

2 Broadway, B20.81

New York, NY 10004