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HUNTINGTON STATION, NY — Two employees of Empire Toyota of Huntington were fired after an investigation found they were tied to a racist incident on an LIRR train on Monday night. "Empire Toyota ...
LONG ISLAND, NY — A total of 43 LIRR employees earned more than $250,000 in 2020, according to payroll data released by the Empire Center for Public Policy. Of those, 19 workers topped $300,000 ...
The Long Island Rail Road is a railroad owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in the U.S. state of New York. It is the oldest United States railroad still operating under its original name and charter. [1] It consolidated several other companies in the late 19th century. The Pennsylvania Railroad owned the Long Island Rail Road for ...
2 Fired By LI Car Dealership After Racist Comments On LIRR. The man was heard insulting foreigners on the train earlier in the week. The dealership wrote it was "outraged" by the event. Winning ...
Suozzi noted that he and his colleagues in Congress supported federal aid for the MTA/LIRR to prevent “drastic service cuts like the one implemented this week,” by securing $8 billion in aid ...
On December 7, 1993, a mass shooting occurred aboard a Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) train in Garden City Park, New York, United States. As the train arrived at the Merillon Avenue station, passenger Colin Ferguson began firing at other passengers with a semi-automatic pistol. Six of the victims were killed and nineteen others were wounded ...
Crime & Safety Ex-LIRR Worker Pleads Guilty To Falsifying Report Pre-Derailment: Feds "Falsifying inspection reports puts the safety of the public and MTA employees and property at risk."
MTA employees also suffered due to the budget issues. By mid-July 2010, MTA layoffs had reached over 1,000, and many of those affected were low-level employees who made less than $55,000 annually. [143] As of 2015, the MTA was running a $15 billion deficit in its $32 billion 2015–2019 Capital Plan. [144]