Nearly half of Long Island Rail Road workers are threatening to walk off the job as early as next week — and the MTA’s plan to deal with the “looming strike” is by telling riders to work from home.

REGIONAL — A threatened strike by Long Island Rail Road employees would affect nearly 300,000 riders, Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials said at a press conference Thursday afternoon, ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The MTA put out a contingency plan for Long Island Rail Road riders who are staring at a potential workers’ strike. Nearly half of the LIRR workers could walk off as early as Sept.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) announced its contingency plans for commuters ahead of a possible Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) strike. If five unions and the MTA fail to reach a compromise, ...