NYCs Train Daddy Andy Byford is coming back to take over long-troubled Penn Station overhaul

New York’s “Train Daddy” is coming home.Former NYC Transit President Andy Byford — who infamously resigned after clashing with then-Gov.Andrew Cuomo — has been brought on by the White House to take over the long-delayed revamp of Penn Station.Byford, now an executive at Amtrak, will oversee one of the most prominent transit projects in the country, White House officials confirmed Friday.The move, first reported by Gothamist, puts the British transit official on a collision course with MTA Chair Janno Lieber, who had the project torn away from his agency by US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.The Trump administration instead gave the massive job to Amtrak, where Byford has worked since 2023.The beloved transportation exec, who has also led the Sydney, Toronto and London systems, was run out of New York in 2020 by Cuomo.Byford said at the time that Cuomo — who is now running for New York City mayor — undermined him to the point that his job became “intolerable.”...