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Vol. 25 No. 4 www.bxtimes.com
January 25-31, 2019
Gov, pols work out Amtrak agreement
Artistic World Vision
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BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
A ‘gamechanger’ transportation
option that will change
the commute from the east
Bronx into Manhattan and to
points north looks like it will
come to fruition within the
next several years.
After much negotiation,
Amtrak has agreed to provide
the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority with the rail
track access it needs for the
eventual operation of a new
Metro-North line that will
bring four new train stations
to the eastern part of the borough.
The agreement provides a
right-of-way into Penn Station
as new infrastructure becomes
functional in the next few years
for Metro North trains, and now
allows MTA to begin designing
and planning the Co-op City,
Morris Park, Parkchester/Van
Nest and Hunts Point stations.
Governor Cuomo announced
the Memorandum of
Understanding between MTA,
the Empire State Development
Corporation and Amtrak to
move the project forward on
Tuesday, January 22.
The deal will allow for the
construction of the new Metro-
North stations after repairs of
an older tunnel damaged by
Hurricane Sandy at the East
River that both Amtrak and
MTA use is fi nished.
The announcement came
on the heels of a visit by U.S.
Senator Charles Schumer to
Co-op City on Friday, January
18 where he urged Amtrak to
be more fl exible with the track
access fees it was requesting.
Amtrak owns the rail rightof
way that the proposed Metro-
North line would pass over,
and the fees MTA would pay
Amtrak had been the source of
a negotiation impasse, according
to several sources.
Schumer was joined at the
Co-op City press conference
near the Pelham Bay Rail
Bridge, close to the site of a proposed
Metro North station, by
Senator Jamaal Bailey, Senator
Shelly Mayer of Westchester,
Councilman Andy King and
Councilman Mark Gjonaj.
“Following helpful clamoring
from public offi cials from
the Bronx and Westchester, that
I was proud to support, I’m so
glad that Amtrak and the MTA
have forged an agreement to establish
an exciting new travel
option for transit-starved commuters
in the East Bronx and
Westchester,” stated
BY PATRICK ROCCHIO
An Internet e-commerce
behemoth has decided to open
its fi rst facility in the borough.
Amazon, the colossal online
retailer and cloud-based
computing company, has
leased a 120,000-square-foot
warehouse facility in Hunts
Point and plans to develop a
‘last-mile’ delivery station,
the company has confi rmed.
Such stations allow e-commerce
companies to ship packages
quickly to its customers
after initial sorting at larger
facilities, often as large a million
square feet, that contain
many of the items companies
like Amazon sell, said a
source at Amazon who spoke
to the Bronx Times.
The Amazon source said it
is the company’s fi rst delivery
station in the Bronx.
“We are excited to continue
our investment in New
York to speed up delivery
times for customers and provide
great job opportunities
for the talented workforce,”
read a statement from Amazon.
The facility, which will
open sometime before the end
of 2019, will occupy the complex
at 1300 Viele Avenue in
Hunts Point.
Amazon, a Fortune 10 company
that recently announced
that its second headquarters
would site in both New York
City at Long Island City and
in Washington D.C., is part of
a growing list of ‘last-mile’ facilities
that are or may lease
space in the borough.
Jet.com, an e-commerce
company owned by Walmart,
leased a 200,000 square foot
warehouse on Bronx River
Avenue at the former home to
ABC Carpet in 2018, as previously
reported.
The Women’s NYC March Alliance, The Eyes of the World mural and
Talitha Cumi Urban Etiquette & Leadership Academy co-hosted an
exciting after march celebration on Saturday, January 19 at The
Sanz Banquet Hall. Nicole Hunter (c) helped Skyla Moore (l) and
Tihannah La Rounde work on the Eyes of the World mural. See
spread on page 24. Photo by Silvio Pacifi co
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