[Class]::New() causing blank line on the console - powershell

Question

I am working on implementing a singleton class to store some regularly accessed status information for my script, including hacking around the issue of $myInvocation only being populated in the main script. All working as planned with this.
class pxStatus {
static [pxStatus] $singleton = $null
[string]$Context = 'machine'
[string]$Path = $null
[datetime]$StartTime = (Get-Date)
pxStatus ([string]$path) {
if ([pxStatus]::singleton -eq $null) {
$this.Path = $path
[pxStatus]::singleton = $this
} else {
Throw "Singleton already initialized"
}
}
static [pxStatus] Get() {
if ([pxStatus]::singleton -eq $null) {
Throw "Singleton not yet initialized"
} else {
return [pxStatus]::singleton
}
}
}
CLS
[void]([pxStatus]::New((Split-Path ($myInvocation.myCommand.path) -parent)))
([pxStatus]::Get()).StartTime
([pxStatus]::Get()).Context
([pxStatus]::Get()).Path
With one exception. Even with that [void] on the [pxStatus]::New() line, I am getting a blank line in the console. Even $null = ([pxStatus]::New((Split-Path ($myInvocation.myCommand.path) -parent))) is echoing a blank line to the console. And for the life of me I can't see what is causing it.

Answer 1

It's not new that causes a blank line but ([pxStatus]::Get()).StartTime.
To fix the issue, you may output it as string, i.e. not formatted, e.g. ([pxStatus]::Get()).StartTime.ToString()

Answer 2

You problem has already been diagnosed, but I wanted to take a second to show how to actually implement a singleton-like type in PowerShell (see inline comments):
class pxStatus {
# hide backing field from user
hidden static [pxStatus] $singleton = $null
[string]$Context = 'machine'
[string]$Path = $null
[datetime]$StartTime = (Get-Date)
# hide instance constructor, no one should call this directly
hidden pxStatus ([string]$path) {
# Only allow to run if singleton instance doesn't exist already
if ($null -eq [pxStatus]::singleton) {
$this.Path = $path
} else {
Throw "Singleton already initialized - use [pxStatus]::Get()"
}
}
# Use a static constructor to initialize singleton
# guaranteed to only run once, before [pxStatus]::Get() or [pxStatus]::singleton
static pxStatus () {
# grab the path from context, don't rely on user input
if(-not $PSScriptRoot){
throw "[pxStatus] can only be used in scripts!"
}
# this will only succeed once anyway
[pxStatus]::singleton = [pxStatus]::new($PSScriptRoot)
}
static [pxStatus] Get() {
# No need to (double-)check ::singleton, static ctor will have run already
return [pxStatus]::singleton
}
}
[pxStatus]::Get().StartTime