The Metropolitan Transportation Authority wants to provide more natural light for commuters in Penn Station by removing the top floor and adding skylights.
There’s just two little problems — Madison Square Garden stands overhead, and the plans for the Empire Station Complex may include 10 skyscrapers above the transit hub.
The greatly expanded train mecca, which would swallow up an entire block south of Penn Station, has been on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s wishlist since January 2020 when he included it in his State of the State address that year, but COVID-19 put those plans on hold.
