LIRR: 2010 overtime costs saw 'dramatic' reduction
Quick ReadThe Long Island Rail Road is projecting what officials call a "dramatic" reduction in overtime costs this year compared with last year.
Photo credit: Kevin P. Coughlin | Long Island Rail Road workers manually 'block and spike' rail switches as a train waits just east of Jamaica station. (Aug. 26, 2010)
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The Long Island Rail Road is projecting what officials call a "dramatic" reduction in overtime costs this year compared with last year, according to a report expected to be released Monday.
The LIRR predicts it will have cut overtime costs by 14 percent by the end of the year as compared with 2009 - to $79 million this year from $92 million in 2009.
The railroad also projects a 16 percent...
