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NEW YORK (AP) — Negotiators on Monday reached a deal to end the strike that stalled service on the Long Island Rail Road, the busiest commuter rail system in North America.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said in a statement on X that the deal “delivers raises for workers while protecting riders and taxpayers” and that service would start back up beginning Tuesday at noon.
Gerard Bringmann, chair of the Long Island Rail Road Commuter Council, a rider advocacy group, said he’d reserve judgement until he sees more details about the deal and how it might impact future fare hikes.
“This will be a relief to our daily riders who experienced a very difficult day today getting to work and home,” he said.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and leaders of the five labor unions had been bargaining for a new contract for years before the unions went on strike at 12:01 a.m. Saturday. Roughly 250,000 commuters use the rail system that connects New York City to its eastern suburbs every weekday.
Locomotive engineers, machinists, signalmen and other workers picketed at train stations through the weekend.
The MTA, which runs the railroad, offered free but limited shuttle buses...
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