On Tuesday, City Council heard testimony regarding MSG's request to continue getting special permission to operate above Penn Station.
Last week, the planning department recommended a 10-year special permit. State and local elected officials from that area are looking at three to five years.
"The special permit gives us leverage to ensure MSG accommodates changes in rail operations there," said Mark Levine, Manhattan borough president. The one thing most people seem to agree on- the country's busiest passenger train station needs to be upgraded. In today's testimony, many people argued that the existing configuration impedes safe and efficient movement of passenger's and restricts efforts to implement improvements."Do you think it's fair that such a profitable enterprise should not pay property taxes to the people of New York?," asked Erik Bottcher, a democrat on City Council.
This hearing is just the first wave of impassioned testimony. City council will make its final decision on the permit extension after a month of public hearings.
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