By Alfonso A. Castillo, Newsday; April 29, 2019
The Long Island Rail Road’s overtime costs, which already are more than $3 million over budget in 2019, have soared more than 50 percent over the last four years, despite the MTA repeatedly saying it would look to rein them in.
In May 2015, responding to concerns from board members about growing overtime costs, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority issued a special report concluding it needed to focus on overtime spending and “that efficiencies will be identified that will result in overtime savings.”