JFK Airport Subway Station Up for Revamp Under Hochul Plan (1)

New York Governor Kathy Hochul plans to modernize a major commuter-rail station in Queens serving JFK Airport while also advancing a $7.6 billion subway extension along Harlem’s 125th Street.

Hochul is expected to highlight the public transit projects Tuesday during her annual State of the State speech, according to a press release detailing the projects. The Jamaica station — the fourth-busiest in North America serving more than 1,000 trains and about 200,000 passengers every weekday — connects the Long Island Rail Road, three New York City subway lines and the AirTrain to JFK Airport. Hochul will direct $50 million ...