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ROCKY POINT, NY — A former Long Island Rail Road supervisor, who was one of five indicted in an overtime scam and among the highest paid MTA employees, has been sentenced to five months in ...
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 ...
A Blue Point man was among a group of five workers facing fraud charges for allegedly claiming overtime when they were not working. Priscila Korb , Patch Staff Posted Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 4:33 pm...
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.
A LIRR employee from Rocky Point admitted to siphoning $34,000 in false overtime. The Long Island bull is still making headlines. Local libraries are finding new ways to help patrons since the...
trains at Mets–Willets Point. Mets–Willets Point (formerly Shea Stadium) is a station on the Long Island Rail Road 's Port Washington Branch in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City. Prior to 2021, the station would normally be open only during New York Mets home games, the U.S. Open tennis tournament, major events, and ...
One employee reported 74 hours of overtime alone per week and was paid over $450,000 for the year. Some Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) employees were using handwritten time records instead of electronic systems, which are easier to track and prevent abuse. MTA had no reliable system for verifying hours worked.
4 LIRR Employees Accused Of Massive Overtime Scam: Patch PM - Northport, NY - Also: 12 charged in undercover drag racing bust / Fight at bagel shop over mask / Trooper dragged after traffic...
NEW YORK CITY — A Long Island Rail Road worker claimed 10 hours a day of overtime, earning $344,000 extra pay, while he actually went bowling. Another MTA worker raked in more than $200,000...
The LIRR's steam passenger locomotives were modernized from 1901 to 1906, and by 1927, it was the first Class I railroad to replace all its wood passenger cars with steel. [2] In 1926, the LIRR was the first U.S. railroad to begin using diesel locomotives. The last steam locomotive was a G5s operated until 1955. [2]