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Nineteen LIRR workers made at least $300,000 in 2020, according to the payroll data from the Empire Center for Public Policy.
BLUE POINT, NY — An LIRR worker from Blue Point was named among the five MTA workers who face federal criminal charges in an overtime scam, Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss ...
Former Rocky Point resident John Nugent, a 50-year-old former LIRR crew foreman, pleaded guilty to conspiracy and admitted he collected about $34,000 in bogus overtime pay back in July and...
In 2021, LIRR employee and track inspector Thomas Caputo and co-conspirators John Nugent and Joseph Balestra were federally convicted for large-scale overtime fraud. Caputo was paid approximately $461,000 in 2018, of which $344,000 was supposed overtime.
This list shows the western and eastern terminals of each LIRR service. There are 10 total services, plus one additional seasonal service (the Belmont Park Branch). Jamaica and the two employees-only stations are not included in the station counts below.
The group is accused of claiming to work overtime hours in 2018 when they were actually not working but rather they were bowling, on vacation, or attending concerts, according to the complaint.
In order to control the excessive overtime, the MTA briefly deployed police officers to take attendance and oversee overtime of LIRR employees, which was met with outrage from union officials but defended by Governor Cuomo.
Caputo racked up $344,147 in overtime in addition to his $117,499 salary. LIRR President Philip Eng came in at No. 24 on the list.
The Central Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) in the U.S. state of New York, extending from just east of Bethpage station to just west of Babylon station.
On today's episode of On The Clock, Krysten Peek is joined by Overtime Elite's Head of Basketball and GM Damien Wilkins to discuss the top 2024 NBA Draft prospects coming out of their program and ...