LIRR President: 2010 Was 'Very Challenging'
Long Island Rail Road trains broke down less frequently last year than they did in the previous five years, but they were late more often.
Watch CBS News
Long Island Rail Road trains broke down less frequently last year than they did in the previous five years, but they were late more often.
If you're feeling the squeeze on Metro-North trains, it may be because ridership on that line is creeping closer to the number one spot.
The seniors at Mineola High School were not even born in 1993 when Rep. Carolyn McCarthy's husband was murdered on a Long Island Rail Road train.
It's been a rough day for commuters Thursday following latest winter storm. Here are some helpful links and information so you can know the conditions before you hit the roads.
Another storm bore down on the Tri-State area on Wednesday, bringing groans and the potential for as much as a foot of new snow to areas already buried by a winter that is on track to be the worst in years.
Thomaston residents want the new Colonial Road bridge planned by the LIRR, but the Mayor says they don't want the track expansion and the train noise that'd follow.
The railroad was working on a timetable that would take effect only in emergencies, like when service was completely suspended during last month's blizzard.
Rockland County Assemblywoman Ellen Jaffe is proposing a ban on smoking on Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Railroad platforms where she says you are bound to get a face full of second hand smoke.
Residents woke up Wednesday to a fresh batch of snow and a new set of headaches for their commute.
MTA chairman Jay Walder said the agency has reviewed vulnerabilities in the system and have improved weather monitoring, notification, and interagency coordination.
Workers on Long Island already started pre-treating the major state roadways with a salt and sand mixture to help the first layers of snow melt.
Amtrak service was expected to resume Wednesday along the busy northeast corridor.
Mass transit around the Tri-State finally began to move again after the blizzard brought the commute to a standstill but many suffered a long ride to work this morning and were prepared to face much of the same this afternoon.
Travelers are hitting the roads, rails, and skies and there is information you need to know!
It found Metro-North commuters are happier with their service overall compared with the LIRR, but passengers said bathrooms on Metro-North trains are in worse shape than those on its sister railroad.
The new timetables take effect next Monday, November 15, and continue through March 6.
LIRR President Helena Williams said the completion "signals a new era of switch control for the LIRR at a critical junction" and meant "better reliability for our customers."
Amtrak and NJ Transit are discussing the possibility of a partnership to revive a huge train tunnel project that Gov. Chris Christie killed last month, according to officials.
Service was severely disrupted all weekend as workers completed a new switching station at the railroad's hub in Jamaica.
Disruptions on the Long Island Rail Road continued on Sunday at only a third of its schedule.
The cuts come as the LIRR runs a final battery of tests to bring its World War I-era signal system into the new century.
Passengers will again be dealing with a weekend of extremely limited service - but this time, the disruption coincides with one of the city's most popular events.
New York is seeking $3 billion that the federal government had committed to the Hudson River rail tunnel that New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie scrapped.
The LIRR will run only a third of its usual trains in and out of Penn Station.
At the Ronokonkoma LIRR station, the Republican and Tea Party candidate for governor was clearly irritated by any mention of poll numbers.
Hicksville is New York's first school district to ban e-bikes after alarming statistics revealed at least 12 people, mostly young Long Islanders, died on them in the past three years.
The Diocese of Brooklyn says it is planning to settle roughly 1,100 sexual abuse cases and compensate the remaining survivors.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed an executive order that bars federal immigration agents from launching or carrying out operations on state property.
New York City police say a man was shot and killed at a Midtown 7-Eleven on Eighth Avenue Thursday morning.
Nineteen people died in New York City during a recent snap of brutally cold weather that lasted more than three weeks, according to officials.
Hicksville is New York's first school district to ban e-bikes after alarming statistics revealed at least 12 people, mostly young Long Islanders, died on them in the past three years.
The Diocese of Brooklyn says it is planning to settle roughly 1,100 sexual abuse cases and compensate the remaining survivors.
Nineteen people died in New York City during a recent snap of brutally cold weather that lasted more than three weeks, according to officials.
New York City police say a man was shot and killed at a Midtown 7-Eleven on Eighth Avenue Thursday morning.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration needs to unfreeze millions earmarked for New York and New Jersey's Gateway Tunnel Project by Thursday.
New Yorkers felt much better on Tuesday as a warm front moved toward the region. But, snow and ice could make for a potentially dangerous evening.
A Cold Weather Advisory is in place through 10 a.m. on Monday for the entire Tri-State Area. As a result, a First Alert Weather Day will be in play for at least part of the day.
A Connecticut man was arrested after allegedly driving drunk in the Bronx and hitting pedestrians on a sidewalk Friday.
Parts of New York and Connecticut could see snow Friday into Saturday. A First Alert Weather Day is in effect for the weekend due to dangerously cold temperatures.
Bundle up — New York City and the Tri-State Area's stretch of dangerously cold weather continues, and it's sticking around longer than anyone would like.
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed an executive order that bars federal immigration agents from launching or carrying out operations on state property.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration needs to unfreeze millions earmarked for New York and New Jersey's Gateway Tunnel Project by Thursday.
A public meeting was held on Tuesday night in Morris County, New Jersey, after shots were fired earlier in the day in Roxbury Townshp during an ICE operation.
President Trump pulling funding from the Gateway Tunnel project has led to backlash from New York and New Jersey elected officials.
Former Rep. Tom Malinowski has conceded the New Jersey special election to fill Gov. Mikie Sherrill's congressional seat.
Hicksville is New York's first school district to ban e-bikes after alarming statistics revealed at least 12 people, mostly young Long Islanders, died on them in the past three years.
It has been a brutal viral season, but as RSV cases surged in New York, Northwell Health doctors say infant hospitalizations remained down, thanks to a fairly new vaccine.
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman accepted the Republican Party's nomination for New York governor on Wednesday at the GOP convention in Garden City.
An arrest has been made in the 2021 acid attack on Long Island college student Nafiah Ikram. Prosecutors said Terell Campbell had numerous incriminating and shocking web searches and rapped about burning someone with acid.
New Yorkers felt much better on Tuesday as a warm front moved toward the region. But, snow and ice could make for a potentially dangerous evening.
Nineteen people died in New York City during a recent snap of brutally cold weather that lasted more than three weeks, according to officials.
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration needs to unfreeze millions earmarked for New York and New Jersey's Gateway Tunnel Project by Thursday.
Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota is concluding, with a drawdown of federal immigration officers set to occur over the course of next week.
Local and state officials say they will re-raise the Pride flag at the Stonewall National Monument in New York City after park staff took it down.
The Trump administration says greenhouse gases emitted from sources like cars, trucks and power plants will no longer be regulated by the federal government.
The longest and largest nurses strike in New York City history is set to end after over three weeks as NYSNA says it has a tentative agreement.
Mount Sinai Health System and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield failed to reach a contract agreement by Dec. 31, which means about 9,000 physicians are no longer considered in-network.
Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.
The goal is to get patients drunk and high at a new research lab on the border of Nassau County and Queens.
The Patchogue-Medford School District said in a letter that the Suffolk County Department of Health alerted them about an infectious person in the school community.
"Dawson's Creek" and "Varsity Blues" star James Van Der Beek has died at 48 years old.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection said there was a "significant reduction in water usage" throughout the Big Apple during his show. That changed as soon as his performance ended.
Catherine O'Hara, known for her roles in "Home Alone," "Schitt's Creek" and "Beetlejuice," died on Jan. 30 at the age of 71.
LUAR Creative Director Raul López says Lady Gaga's salsa-inspired dress in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was a moment of pride for Caribbeans and Latinos.
Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is one of the most-streamed artists on the planet.
The short-handed Indiana Pacers beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-110 on Wednesday night.
Jose Alvarado scored a season-high 26 points and Mikal Bridges added 22 points as the New York Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 138-89 Wednesday night.
Pascal Siakam scored 30 points and the Pacers snapped a four-game losing streak by holding off the Knicks with a 137-134 overtime victory on Tuesday night.
Nic Claxton scored 28 points and had 10 rebounds to lead the Nets to a 123-113 win over the Bulls on Monday night.
Zuby Ejiofor scored six of his 25 points in overtime and No. 17 St. John's outlasted pesky Xavier 87-82 on Monday night at Madison Square Garden.
Edward R. Murrow High School's new boiler system cuts emissions while doubling as a hands-on sustainability lesson for students.
LUAR Creative Director Raul López says Lady Gaga's salsa-inspired dress in Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was a moment of pride for Caribbeans and Latinos.
After their building managers were arrested on fraud charges, tenants in Queens say their apartments were left in chaos.
Harlem's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture centennial anniversary began last year, and 2026 marks 100 years since the library became owner of its namesake's personal collection, making it a full-fledged research center.
Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery is set to become the first on the East Coast to offer human composting.
The Halloween tradition strolled through Manhattan's East Village on Sunday, with furry friends dressed in colorful costumes.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
Dogs got decked out for the annual Tompkins Square Halloween Dog Parade in New York City's East Village on Saturday.
Cosplayers flooded New York City's Javits Center in October 2024 for the annual New York Comic Con convention.
Mr. Trump says it will save more than $1 trillion and lower the sticker price on vehicles, but scientists and environmental groups say it will put people in danger. CBS News New York's Dick Brennan reports.
The Pride flag has been re-raised at the Stonewall National Monument after it was taken down by National Park Service staff earlier this week. CBS News New York's Dave Carlin reports.
The Diocese of Brooklyn says it is planning to settle roughly 1,100 sexual abuse cases and compensate the remaining survivors. CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports.
CBS News New York's John Elliott is also monitoring the potential for a little bit of snow on Sunday.
Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman discusses finances between couples and the appropriate time to start discussing money.
