"At New York's Penn Station, a hub normally bustling with LIRR riders on any given weekday, one of the main concourses was noticeably less crowded than a typical Monday morning. MTA customer service agents, doning orange vests, stood in clusters throughout the mezzanine to help riders looking to get to Nassau or Suffolk Counties including by handing out informational pamphlets on the replacement shuttle bus service."
"One commuter who sought their help, who gave her name as Jenny, said she did not know about the strike until MTA workers informed her. She told amNewYork that she was planning to take the LIRR to Mineola for work, as she does every Monday morning, but would now have to take the subway to either a shuttle bus or Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus instead."
"Gov. Kathy Hochul has advised those who normally rely upon the LIRR to commute to and from work to instead work remotely until the strike ends. Commuters board NICE bus in Great Neck in Nassau County, as an alternative to taking the Long Island Rial Road, while its workers aree on strike."
"Another commuter, Emina Poricanin, an attorney whose firm represents employers in labor disputes, said she would have to find an alternate way to get to federal court in Central Islip. She said that she should be able afford getting there by Uber or Lyft, but that not everyone can swing such an expense. I have my own firm, I do okay. So, whatever the gouged prices are for Uber and Lyft, I could pay them. But it's the hard-working people who will be affected."
A Long Island Rail Road strike removed the region’s busiest commuter rail service from operation, disrupting travel between New York City’s five boroughs and Long Island. Penn Station showed noticeably lighter crowds, while MTA customer service agents in orange vests assisted riders with information about replacement shuttle bus service. Commuters who normally take the LIRR to places like Mineola instead planned to use subway connections and shuttle or NICE buses to reach Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Gov. Kathy Hochul advised remote work until the strike ends. Some riders faced higher costs and limited options, including attorneys needing alternate transportation to Central Islip and workers unable to afford rideshare prices. Long Island commuters also encountered heavy traffic as alternatives absorbed demand.
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