Long Island-bound straphangers can finally take a load off. The MTA unveiled 70 new seats at Grand Central Madison’s Long Island Rail Road mezzanine on Tuesday, effectively doubling the number of ...

As more LIRR union workers vote on whether to go on strike as soon as Sept. 18, the MTA is ramping up plans for a possible shutdown of the nation’s largest commuter railroad, including setting up ...

REGIONAL — A threatened strike by Long Island Rail Road employees would affect nearly 300,000 riders, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said at a press conference Thursday afternoon, ...

Five Long Island Rail Road unions are threatening to screw New Yorkers with a crippling strike — possibly as soon as Thursday. Their obscene demands include 16% wage hikes over three years — 6.5 ...

Nearly 1.9 billion trips were taken on New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s subway, bus, and paratransit services in 2025—up roughly 7% from 2024—and the subway, Long Island Rail Road, and ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Thursday announced its contingency plans for commuters as the clock ticks towards a looming Long Island Rail Road strike next Thursday.

Nassau Long Island Rail Road stations, specifically Floral Park’s, need better maintenance, according to an audit conducted by County Comptroller Elaine Phillips. “I am focused on ensuring that ...

MTA officials, responding to what they said was an unprecedented level of feedback from riders to proposed fare changes, are pulling back a proposal to reduce the validity period for some Long Island ...