LIRR 'Time Clock Sabotage' Under Investigation Just Weeks After Reports Of Excessive OT Pay LIRR 'Time Clock Sabotage' Under Investigation Just Weeks After Reports Of Excessive OT Pay
Lirr 'Time Clock Sabotage' Under Investigation Just Weeks After Reports Of Excessive OT Pay Weeks after the MTA was rocked by reports of overtime pay going off the rails to the tune of more than $400 million, an investigation has been launched after a Long Island Railroad time clock in Queens was tampered with. When workers went to install a new biometric clock at the LIRR Jamaica station to help better monitor when workers clock in and out, to keep track of overtime, they found that the communication line used by the clock had been cut by a suspected saboteur. The cut cord led to an investigation by the MTA Inspector General’s Office and MTA Police Department. No suspect has been…
Gerard Moran, Former LIRR VP Of Labor Relations, Dies Gerard Moran, Former LIRR VP Of Labor Relations, Dies
Gerard Moran, Former Lirr VP Of Labor Relations, Dies A retired former labor union leader who represented railroad employees has died. He was 74. Gerard M. "Jerry" Moran of Glen Head died Thursday, May 23. He was retired as Vice President of Labor Relations for the Long Island Railroad.  Moran was born in 1945. He is survived by his wife Susan and children, Chris (Nicole), Brian (Jana) and Carrie McGovern (Jude); grandchildren, Matthew, Sean, Braeden, Kennedy, Avery, and Kieran.  He is also survived by brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews.  Moran's funeral was held Tuesday, May 30 in Sea Cliff.
Feds Investigating LIRR Overtime Records, Including $461K For One Worker, Report Says Feds Investigating LIRR Overtime Records, Including $461K For One Worker, Report Says
Feds Investigating Lirr Overtime Records, Including $461K For One Worker, Report Says Federal prosecutors have launched a probe into Long Island Railroad overtime pay following recent reports that the MTA paid out more than $400 million in overtime last year, including one LIRR employee who pocketed more than $460,000. Prosecutors have subpoenaed pay records for a recently retired LIRR official, Thomas Caputo, a former chief measurement operator, who allegedly took in $461,646 in overtime pay, according to the Empire Center, prompting further investigation. Caputo’s overtime pay was more than what New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio earned last year, accordin…
MTA Employees' 'Massive' Overtime Pay Under Scrutiny MTA Employees' 'Massive' Overtime Pay Under Scrutiny
MTA Employees' 'Massive' Overtime Pay Under Scrutiny Overtime pay at the MTA has gone off the rails, with the agency paying its workers more than $400 million in overtime last year, including $344,000 to one Long Island Railroad employee and 25 Metro-North employees that doubled their salaries in overtime. Despite a year fraught with delayed, canceled and stalled trains, as well as the seventh fare hike in less than a decade, a new study released by Empire Center found that MTA’s overtime rose by nearly 16 percent last year. In total, the MTA shelled out $418 million in overtime more than five times what the anticipated price hike that took …
Crane Collapses Near Manhattan's Penn Station, Operator Injured Crane Collapses Near Manhattan's Penn Station, Operator Injured
Crane Collapses Near Manhattan's Penn Station, Operator Injured A construction crane collapsed Monday night near Manhattan’s Penn Station, slightly injuring the operator’s foot, authorities said. There were no other injuries, they said. The more-than-20-foot "knuckleboom” crane was loading I-beams to build a sidewalk shed outside a Kmart near the entrance for the subway and Long Island Railroad when a hydraulic system failed while lifting high beams at 10:20 p.m., city officials said. Fleetwood Mac was closing a show at nearby Madison Square Garden when the mishap occurred.  The crash spilled fluid into the street, requiring a Hazmat response, aut…
Man, 39, Electrocuted While Removing Tree Leaves Behind Wife, Two Children Man, 39, Electrocuted While Removing Tree Leaves Behind Wife, Two Children
Man, 39, Electrocuted While Removing Tree Leaves Behind Wife, Two Children A 39-year-old man who was electrocuted while removing a tree after hitting a live power line earlier this week leaves behind a wife and two children. John B. Nuzzolo, of Newburgh, died Monday around 9:17 a.m.while removing the tree at 29 Maple Road, in Cornwall-on-Hudson. He was an employee of the MTA, and the Long Island Railroad, and was a former member of Local 38. Nuzzolo is survived by his wife Syndi and his two children Aryanna and John. He was predeceased by his parents John and Bernice. Visitation will be held at the Joseph F. Nardone Funeral Home, on Friday, Sept, 7, from 2 p.m. …