Wall Street Journal Interviews Sen. Kaminsky on New LIRR President Phil Eng
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MTA Names Operating Chief Phil Eng as Next LIRR President
The Long Island Rail Road, the nation’s busiest commuter railroad that has been the scourge of thousands of commuters for its chronic delays, is getting new leadership.
Phil Eng, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s chief operating officer, has been chosen to take over following the resignation of Pat Nowakowski. Mr. Nowakowski will step down Friday after a four-year tenure that became increasingly tenuous because of rising commuter anger over delayed and overcrowded trains.
“It’s been miserable for commuters,” said State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Nassau County Democrat who has fielded complaints from riders about trains canceled without notice and trains that were overcrowded because they were short cars. “What riders want to see is somebody who is able to light a fire under the agency and get everybody working overtime to get things back on track.”
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