LIRR on the Brink of Shutdown; Talks Progress Slow

A 12-hour negotiation session between MTA managers and LIRR union leaders ended late Thursday night without a deal that would to avert a railroad strike and leave tens of thousands of New Yorkers struggling to get on, off and around Long Island.

Asked if he thought a deal could be made with such little time left on the clock, Kevin Sexton, national vice president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, said “I hope so.”

“What I can say is, at this point, the parties are very far apart,” Sexton said upon leaving the MTA’s Manhattan headquarters with other union leaders. “But we look forward to meeting with them tomorrow, and will take it from there.”
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