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8 Jul 2009, 3:08 pm
At the time, the LIRR was owned by the Pennsylvania Rail Road. [read post]
21 Jun 2009, 3:00 am
Land we all know as "Jamaica, Queens" -- where he was employed as a manual laborer for the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).As a new immigrant, with virtually no ability to read and write English, Dad started at the lowest rung of the LIRR's ladder -- a trackman, who worked outdoors (in the dead of winter, and in the midst of rainstorms and heatwaves) helping repair (and install) the hundreds of miles of tracks that helped transport hundreds of… [read post]
11 May 2009, 3:04 am
Winners and losers in the MTA bailoutNewsday - Long Island,NY,USA"If the economy deteriorates further, the new taxes may not sustain the operator of the Long Island Rail Road, New York City subway, Long Island Bus and ... [read post]
6 May 2009, 2:34 am
MTA bailout deal reachedNewsday - Long Island,NY,USA"He also said service cuts to the Long Island Rail Road, New York City subway, Long Island Bus and other transit would be restored. [read post]
24 Apr 2009, 1:35 am
"See all stories on this topic HOPING TO AVOID MTA ‘DOOMSDAY' BUDGETQueens Chronicle - Rego Park,NY,USA"In the memo, written to the presidents of the various agencies that make up the MTA, such as New York City Transit and the Long Island Rail Road, ... [read post]
22 Apr 2009, 1:19 am
Long Island Rail Road [read post]
6 Mar 2009, 12:10 am
I was hooked.One day, while riding the Long Island Rail Road train home, in the midst of the longest-running traveling poker game in the world, someone asked to borrow my pen. [read post]
19 Feb 2009, 5:08 am
Long Island Rail Road, the appellate court ruled that $3,250,000 was proper for pain and suffering damages ($1,300,000 past, $1,950,000 future) for a plaintiff who suffered a below the knee amputation when he was nine years old and fell off a train and was crushed. [read post]
27 Jan 2009, 10:04 am
The businessman, Nicholas Cosmo, founder of Agape World in Hauppauge, surrendered at the Long Island Rail Road train station in Hicksville, N.Y. [read post]
23 Jan 2009, 3:33 am
Carolyn McCarthy (D-
NY), whose husband was murdered by a crazed gunman 15
years ago on the Long Island Rail Road criticized
Gillibrand's "awful" record on gun control. [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 2:42 pm
The New York Times deserves kudos for its continuing investigation into the widening scandal, which broke with revelations that between 93 percent and 97 percent of Long Island Rail Road employees are deemed "disabled" on their retirement. [read post]
26 Nov 2008, 5:57 am
There have been three accidents thus far in 2008 at Jamaica Station, the Long Island Rail Road's busiest station. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 3:18 am
Parking lots have only recently become subject to landscape ordinances, an attempt to fight the urban head island affect created by vast expanses of black, petroleum-based asphalt. [8] [9] Additionally, zoning codes largely require a certain number of parking spaces per determined square footage, thereby ingraining in urban planning the need to accommodate cars. [10] Americans dependence on automobiles is evidenced by the statistics: only two percent of urban trips are made by… [read post]
10 Nov 2008, 6:06 pm
In case you missed it, the New York Times has been reporting on the investigation of a bold disability scam involving employees of the Long Island Rail Road. [read post]
25 Sep 2008, 3:38 am
Then there is the fact that "retiring from the Long Island Rail Road, can get you investigated... [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 11:21 am
Paterson has called for an investigation into allegations of fraud in the disability payments made to retirees of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 4:25 am
The new service will include transit services throughout the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) service territory including: New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, MTA Bus, Long Island Bus and Staten Island Railway, as well as other regional connecting services participating in the initiative, such as New Jersey Transit, the Port Authority's AirTrain and Staten Island Ferry. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 3:20 pm
Here is a disturbing report from the New York Times yesterday concerning the awarding of disability benefits to former workers at the Long Island Rail Road: During the workweek, it is not uncommon to find retired L.I.R.R. employees, sometimes dozens... [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 1:39 am
The implication of the article is that many, if not most, of the retired employees of the Long Island Rail Road are faking disability claims. [read post]
21 Sep 2008, 8:05 am
Long Island Rail Road allows workers to retire on pension after age 50 with 20 years of service. [read post]
