By Nolan Hicks, New York Post; August 15, 2019
The Long Island Rail Road awards overtime at nearly double the rate of its sister commuter system, Metro-North — in part because of antiquated pay rules that persist despite having “little to no modern justification,” a scorching new report has found.
The LIRR’s engineering division also has more “high earners” than any other division at the MTA, including the far-larger city subway and bus systems, the study found.