Governor Cuomo turned to President Trump on Sunday to help bail New Yorkers out of a looming mass transit crisis at Penn Station, a situation he likened to a natural disaster.

In a letter to Trump dated May 21, Cuomo requested “the federal government treat this as an emergency situation” and asked Trump to provide funding for construction and transportation alternatives, as well as for a long-term solution.

“While this is not a hurricane or flood it will affect as many people and businesses with dire consequences,” Cuomo continues. “Like a natural disaster, we didn’t create it but our public offices require we address it.”

Commuters who take NJ Transit and LIRR have suffered nightmare commutes in recent weeks with delays, signal problems and derailments becoming a daily fact of life. Travel to and from Penn Station has become so bad an increased police presence has been needed to contain the angry, sweaty crowds.

To make matters worse, Amtrak recently announced plans to make emergency repairs this summer, which could take six weeks or more and lead to an estimated 20 percent reduction in service for commuters from New Jersey and Long Island.

Cuomo wrote that the situation has become “intolerable” and has reached its “tipping point.”

“It just isn’t feasible for the system to sustain this trauma,” he said of the delays repairs will cause. “We will see increased delays at surrounding regional transit systems, and our infrastructure will be stretched to its limits.”

Cuomo went on to say that the state is “open to” working with the federal government on any short term fixes to the delays, including a bus service that would use high-occupancy lanes on Long Island and a high-speed ferry service.

For the long-term, Cuomo suggested that Amtrak should cede control of Penn Station over the the Port Authority, which he and New Jersey Gov. Christie control, and that construction and operations at the terminal should be turned over to a private manager.