Congress Will Not Intervene In Contract Dispute To Prevent LIRR Strike
Lawmakers said they have no plans to get involved with the contract dispute and urged the MTA and the unions to return to the bargaining table.
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Lawmakers said they have no plans to get involved with the contract dispute and urged the MTA and the unions to return to the bargaining table.
The agency said Wednesday it has print ads running in seven daily newspapers and radio ads airing on 11 stations, including 1010 WINS and WCBS 880.
Matthew Donde, 18, and his girlfriend Jessica Sill, 15, were struck by an unknown vehicle after they had car trouble on the southbound Wantagh State Parkway south of Merrick Road around 3 a.m. Tuesday.
A Nassau County police officer without protective gear ran into a burning home and saved three residents in Uniondale.
MTA Chairman Tom Prendergast will travel to Washington on Wednesday to ask Congress what its intentions are if an agreement is not reached by the July 20 deadline.
Two baby herons were back resting comfortably in their nests Tuesday night, after being rescued by firefighters when they fell out of a tree in Long Beach, Long Island.
Suffolk County Police are investigating the death of a woman whose partially dismembered body was found in a parking lot in Bay Shore.
Tryouts were held Tuesday for the U.S. Open -- and they were quite a racket. There was a casting call for kids who dream of finding fame in Flushing.
Long Island U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday introduced legislation to set up a national toll-free telephone service, and a secure website, to attend to victims of hate crimes.
Contract talks are expected to resume Tuesday afternoon between the MTA and LIRR union workers.
Elba Ayala, 43, is expected to be arraigned Monday in Central Islip.
Glen Cove resident Eva Casale, 49, is an ultramarathoner who plans to log 183.4 miles in seven consecutive days starting Monday afternoon.
For the first time, patients with spinal cord injuries have begun using a revolutionary device that helps them walk again at home.
The Coast Guard said it received a report from another aircraft in the area of a small, white plane in the water about eight miles off Mattituck Inlet.
A Long Island boy is coming home with a championship trophy after winning the Wimbledon junior boys' title Sunday.
