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“President Trump has made it clear: the days of reckless spending and blank checks are over,” Mr. Duffy said in a news release. In a statement, Gov. Kathy Hochul described the Trump administration’s decision as a boon for the state and indicated that she would withdraw more than $1 billion of funding from the project.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemm.ee 73 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

...and immediately renames it "Trump Station", and puts a giant Trump sign out front.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 48 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean… that’s probably in the plan.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

/s/probably/definitely

[–] Subtracty@lemmy.world 71 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

From a man who was notorious for not paying his contractors on NYC properties?

[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

Saw the headline and immediately thought this is for the grift.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah no one local will take the job now.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Oh no, many will take the job.

None will do any work, but they'll all take the job.

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Why can't we live in the dumb timeline where Twitch chat plays US Government? They rename the station to "PENIS STATION <3". but then gift a bunch of money so the station actually gets overhauled and better than ever, so everyone accepts the name.

This timeline sucks.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That actually works since people will still call it pen station just not penn.

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's call it penis station but yeah.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Penns station Is now pronounced Pen-nes station lol

[–] HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

"The days of reckless spending are over" the Gold-clad man says as he shovels another pile of money into the furnace.

"And after we're done here, we're going golfing"

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He wants to memorialize himself in the city that absolutely hates his guts

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Just more shit to tear down after we're rid of the son of a bitch.

[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

I am sure it will look like shit when the Orange Turd gets done with it.

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Are we sure he's not going to do over a particular franchise of Penn station east Coast subs?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Akshully…..

federal officials stated a preference for Amtrak, the station’s owner, to partner with private investors on the renovation

There’s a concept of an idea of who would pay for it

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's just the funding part. There's so many more components to renovation like design and construction, and without utilizing Amtrak there's absolutely no legal avenue for them to take over the renovation of "private" property of Amtrak's. The article even mentions a draft executive order detailing a design.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What about Pencil Station?

[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Awful joke, terrible, horrendous.

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Just saying what we're all thinking

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Those damned libs and their intrusive Big Government.