Hochul points to Trump. Before LIRR service closed on Saturday, Hochul tweeted that Trump "needlessly encouraged and accelerated" the strike. But Trump denied the claim, writing t

Nearly a dozen Long Island Rail Road workers are hauling in more than $200,000 a year in overtime alone — a mind-boggling figure that rivals Gov. Kathy Hochul’s entire salary. The transit arm’s latest payroll records reveal that a slew of its unionized workers — whose strike is wreaking havoc on the metro area’s hard-working masses — are personally striking gold at the taxpayer’s expense.

The Nassau County executive trails Gov. Kathy Hochul by 16 percentage points in the latest Siena College poll.

Earlier on Sunday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul called for talks to resume to end the strike by LIRR unionized workers, which has shut down the Long Island Rail Road, North America's largest commuter rail system.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman called for suspending the $9 congestion pricing toll for motorists crossing into core Manhattan during the Long Island Rail Road strike.

The Long Island Rail Road ground to a halt early Saturday morning after five unions representing roughly half the workforce walked off the job. The stoppage follows a breakdown in negotiations just before midnight Friday. The crisis, decades in the making ...

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.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she and her team are "immersed in the details" of negotiations between the MTA and unions for LIRR workers.