New York Penn Station

Rail service into and out of New York-Penn Station resumed after 6 p.m., but there were lengthy residual delays expected after an engineer spotted two children playing on train tracks near Secaucus. NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

All NJ Transit rail service in and out of New York’s Penn Station has been suspended amid the evening rush hour, the transit agency announced, causing chaos for scores of commuters looking to get home.

A development board voted unanimously to approve a $7 billion dollar plan that calls for New York, New Jersey and the federal government to cover costs to overhaul Penn Station, while New York City will allow developers to tear down existing buildings near the transit hub and construct 10 state-of-the-art skyscrapers.

Today, members of the Empire State Development Corporation voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a $7 billion plan to transform Penn Station, Erica Byfield reports.

A funding agreement has been reached for the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of New York’s aging Penn Station, the country’s busiest rail hub. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced details of the deal Monday. The plan would create new commercial and residential buildings around the station, with those building’s developers getting to make payments in lieu of taxes for...

NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.