NEW YORK — Plans to remodel Penn Station will move forward without being tied to a controversial plan to build adjacent high-rise office buildings, New York Gov. Previously, plans had called for up to $7 billion in funding for the station remodel to come from development of 10 skyscrapers — nine office buildings and a residential tower — in the surrounding neighborhood [see “New York City, state agree on funding plan …,” July 19, 2022]. MTA CEO Janno Lieber stressed the need to start work on the station during the short window when Penn Station traffic has been decreased somewhat with the shifting earlier this year of some Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Madison.