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Cuomo posted his full letter to the president on Twitter Sunday, in which he called the current state of Penn Station “intolerable.”

The situation at Penn Station is intolerable. I'm asking @POTUS to provide emergency assistance. My full letter: https://t.co/KhHGQMS7VB pic.twitter.com/iFMOdgiFaw — Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) May 21, 2017

“While this is not a hurricane or flood, it will affect as many people and businesses with dire consequences,” Cuomo wrote.

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Amtrak executives told The New York Daily News that they would start shutting down train tracks for periods of time to make long overdue repairs.

Cuomo said that the 600,000 passengers who travel through the station each day would face a 20 percent reduction in service during peak hours. This would have negative effects on commuters traveling on other transit systems, such as the subway.

“Like a natural disaster, we didn’t create it but our public offices require we address it. ... This situation affects the entire northeast region.”