The Politics of Development: Moynihan Station and the Complexity of Major Public Projects

Nearly 400,000 people use Penn Station every day, twice as many as used it when it was built. In 1993, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan proposed the conversion of the Farley Post Office building into a new Penn Station. Despite longstanding support from nearly every stakeholder, the project is only now ready to break ground 20 years later. What was behind the delays?

Government & CommunitiesAbigail KramerNovember 17, 2010Center for New York City Affairs, city government, city planning, CNYCA, communities, community infrastructure, development, infrastructure, NYC, policies, politics, urban development, urban planning, urban policy, urban spaceComment