Kaminsky Tells LIRR President: We Are Watching You
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State lawmakers pen letter to LIRR president: You're on alert now
A group of state lawmakers plans to hold hearings regarding the Long Island Rail Road’s on-time performance, which they described as “subpar and in desperate need of thorough review.”
In a letter sent Thursday to LIRR president Phillip Eng, seven state senators, including the chairs of the Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions and the Transportation Committee, informed the railroad chief of their intention to hold the hearings and to “invite and encourage” his participation.
“Statistics reveal what commuters know quite well — that the LIRR's recent performance is subpar and in desperate need of thorough review and revamping,” the senators wrote in the letter. “In light of the legislature’s role in funding the MTA’s budget, as well as fulfilling our role as representatives of the riders who rely on your service, we intend to exercise our oversight authority in an effort to seek collaborative solutions to remedy an unsustainable situation.”
Speaking Thursday morning at the Rockville Centre LIRR station, Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach), who has led LIRR reform efforts in Albany, said the letter to the LIRR aims to make clear the new Democratic-majority Senate aims to “hold its feet to the fire” — something, he said, previous legislatures did not do.
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