MTA chairman Janno Lieber acknowledged that outdated staffing practices at the Long Island Rail Road are costing commuters and straphangers millions.
, its leader acknowledged Wednesday that outdated staffing practices and decades-old work rules at the Long Island Rail Road are costing commuters and straphangers millions.
“A lot of that stuff is at the collective bargaining table, though,” Lieber said. “So, you can’t just change overnight the number of people that are assigned to a particular task, even if those assignment patterns date from, you know, 50, 60, 100 years ago, which some of them do. Lieber’s remarks built upon what he told state lawmakers during a budget hearing earlier this month when he said theThe Post investigation revealed that the dramatic costs and inefficiencies at the LIRR mean commuters pay some of the highest fares in the country — but are still forced to contend with longer waits and more crowded trains.
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