Here's a little item (a letter) from the New York Times from February 4, 1984. No follow-up, unfortunately.
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To the Editor:
The proposal by a developer to ease subway riders' burden by building a pedestrian tunnel between 52d and 53d Streets connecting the IRT and IND stations received wide publicity in New York City newspapers.
On the other hand, the existing pedestrian tunnel at 33d Street, which connects Penn Station with IRT, BMT, IND and PATH stations but has been closed for almost four years (allegedly for safety reasons), receives no publicity even though thousands of commuters are inconvenienced daily and officials have yet to say when repairs will be started.