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The MTA gave a progress report Wednesday on its efforts to reduce overtime, after paying out a record $1.35 billion in OT in 2018. The figures were especially high at the Long Island Rail Road.
MTA “Overtime King” Thomas Caputo and four charged co-conspirators, including John Nugent and Joseph Balestra, scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars in OT by signing onto LIRR mega-projects.
Simply getting the LIRR’s costs and efficiencies to match MetroNorth — which the MTA also runs and is the second-most expensive railroad in the country — would save at least $200 million ...
A reorganization of the MTA is expected to save hundreds of millions of dollars, and a recently approved capital program will invest $51.5 billion in infrastructure. But legislators had questions.
While the MTA touted a 41% spike in the number of LIRR trains operating each day — from 665 to 936 daily — the late May audit found the actual increase was more like 23%, noting the stats were ...
LIRR peak hours and off-peak hours will see schedule changes starting Monday, May 23, the MTA says. Here's what to know.
The LIRR unions haven’t publicly disclosed their latest counteroffer to the MTA. But federal mediators, in siding with the unions, had recommended 17% in wage bumps over a shorter term of six years.
The MTA will reroute four trains that were going to the LIRR’s new Grand Central Madison station back to Penn Station, which was a source of frustration for many commuters for the past couple of ...
The MTA is calling the incident an act of sabotage and encouraging anyone with information to call their confidential tip line. The LIRR has been under fire after the report found its members took ...
MTA Announces New LIRR Schedule Changes to Take Effect May 23 The changes are to accommodate crews as they complete work on the Main Line Expansion Project and other projects Published May 11 ...
Contractors used a crane to put the bridge span in place at the Mineola station on Saturday, said Tom McGuiness, who’s heads the MTA project to build 9.8 miles of new LIRR track and rehab ...