Amtrak, the Metropolitan Transit Authority and NJ TRANSIT assembled the New York Penn Station Working Advisory Group (SWAG) in September 2024, with the goal of facilitating meaningful conversations in a smaller forum regarding the vision for the future of Penn Station with a group of organizations that represent different constituencies and perspectives.
Station Working Advisory Group Members
- Eugene Sinigalliano – 251 West 30th Street Residential Tenants Association
- Dan Biederman – 34th Street Partnership
- Jesse Lazar – American Institute of Architecture New York | Center for Architecture
- Carol Lopez – Amtrak Accessibility Representative
- Chad Purkey – Association for a Better New York (ABNY)
- Gary LaBarbera – Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York
- Anthony Russo – Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey
- Pam Sucato – Connecticut Department of Transportation
- Gabriella Green – Empire State Development
- Christopher Boylan – General Contractors Association of New York
- Francesca Giarratana – Office of the Hudson County Executive
- Matt Cohen – Long Island Association
- Paul Macchia – Madison Square Garden
- Christine Berthet – Manhattan Community Board 4
- David Sigman – Manhattan Community Board 5
- Quemuel Arroyo – MTA Accessibility Representative
- Randy Glucksman – Metro-North Railroad Commuter Council / Permanent Citizens Advisory Council
- Andrew Albert – New York City Transit Riders Council
- Gerard Bringmann – MTA Board Member, Permanent Citizens Advisory Council / LIRR Commuter Council
- Carlo Scissura – New York Building Congress
- Councilmember Erik Bottcher – New York City Council District 3
- Ferlanda Fox Nixon – Newark Regional Business Partnership (NRBP)
- Tom Bracken – New Jersey Chamber of Commerce
- Ed Hoff – New Jersey Transit Accessibility Representative
- Edith Hsu-Chen – New York City Department of City Planning
- David Breen – New York City Department of Transportation
- Joshua Kraus – New York City Economic Development Corporation
- Madeleine McGrory – Office of Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine
- Dana Adelman – Office of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy
- Julia Kerson – Office of New York State Governor Kathy Hochul
- Richard Sun – Office of U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Assemblymember Tony Simone – New York State Assembly District 75
- Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal – New York State 47th Senate District
- Alex Marinides – Office of New York State Senator Liz Krueger
- Ronald L. Hicks Jr. – Office of the Dutchess County Executive
- Patrick Gerdin – Office of the Rockland County Executive
- Craig Lader – Office of the Westchester County Executive
- Rob Gottheim – Office of U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (NY-12)
- Rep. Josh Gottheimer – New Jersey 5th Congressional District
- Rep. Mickie Sherrill – New Jersey 11th Congressional District
- Joe Sgroi – Office of U.S. Senator Cory A. Booker
- Jacinta Chen – Office of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
- Kathryn Wylde – Partnership for New York City
- Suzanne Mack – New Jersey Transit Passenger Advisory Committee
- Todd Goldman – Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
- Scott Elliot – Progressive Center for Independent Living
- Jim Mathews – Rail Passengers Association
- Maddie DeCerbo – Real Estate Board of New York
- Tom Wright – Regional Plan Association
- Sam Turvey – Rethink NYC
- Betsy Plum – Riders Alliance
- Sarah Kaufman – Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management / NYU Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service
- Tom Devaney – The Municipal Art Society of New York
- Mark Diaz – The New School
- Renae Reynolds – Tri-State Transportation Campaign
- Judy Kessler – Vornado Realty Trust
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