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LIRR cuts 24 employees in first round of layoffs

Quick ReadTwo dozen Long Island Rail Road employees were laid off Friday - the first group of nearly 100 LIRR workers to get the ax.

Assistant Signalmen John Mullagh of Sayville and Alex

Photo credit: William Perlman | Assistant Signalmen John Mullagh of Sayville and Alex Kruczko of Seaford are among the 24 LIRR signalmen that are being laid off. (Sept. 10, 2010)

At 40 years old, Kevin Naldrett decided to walk away from his career of 20 years as an electrician to go work for the Long Island Rail Road for one reason - "security."

Little did Naldrett, of North Babylon, know that just a year later he would be among two dozen LIRR employees let go Friday in the first of nearly 100 layoffs of railroad employees this month.

"I don't know what the next...

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