LIRR labor leaders fault MTA plan for operation of East Side Access terminal
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Newsday
Long Island Rail Road labor leaders are balking at an MTA proposal to hire outside contractors to run the LIRR’s new East Side Access terminal in Manhattan, a plan they say would deny jobs to their union workers and create a new layer of bureaucracy at the transit agency.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is considering creating a subsidiary agency — separate from the LIRR — to operate East Side Access, which is scheduled to open late next year. The $11.1 billion project will create a second link to Manhattan for the LIRR via eight miles of new tunnels, potentially reducing Long Islanders’ commutes by 40 minutes each day.
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