For the first time in 32 years, tens of thousands of New Yorkers are bracing to begin the workweek without the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)after workers at the busiest commuter railroad in North America went on strike over the weekend.

It was a strange scene at New York’s Penn Station during the late-afternoon “commuter peak” on Monday, May 18; almost eerie, and an illustration of commuting life on both sides of the body of water separating New Jersey and New York City that longtime New Jersey advocate Albert L.