Giuliani Calls for Metro-North, LIRR Connections to Downtown
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Contained in a forthcoming Giuliani Administration announcement of tax breaks and zoning changes designed to boost the economy of slumping downtown Manhattan are calls for initial steps to connect Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad commuter trains to downtown
stations. A 1993 report noted that the MTA has identified possibilities for extending LIRR service downtown along the J, Z and M subway lines, and looked at Regional Plan Association suggestions for running Metro-North trains downtown as well. The Administration is reported to be
determined to push its downtown plan despite the fiscal pressure the City currently faces. Crain's NY Business