[RoldanTTLB]

Oh you mean run a few through trains on LIRR (for which no easement would be even remotely necessary, and which would have increased capacity at Penn Station, where the capacity problems are completely made up due to the lack of cooperation between competing local transit interests)? Yeah, that would have been fantastic, except then Bloomberg wouldn't have the fancy new subway station to add to his legacy. When the plan was for 2 new stations, the subway seemed much more useful.