A 'horrible' trip from Jamaica
Peter Caterina. Credit: Michael Sicoli
Peter Caterina of Wantagh works on Sixth Avenue in the city and said he takes the LIRR to work every day. He described his experience taking the shuttle from Jamaica to Howard Beach and back to Hicksville Train Station, which took over two hours, as “horrible.”
“Normally I would’ve been at home, at dinner, relaxing for the evening,” Caterina said. “I’m all about getting a fair wage, but they seem to be having a fair wage and they’re haggling over half a percent...They seem to be well-paid and they deserve to be well-paid. There are people in worse situations than I am, so I have no sympathy for these people at this point.”
Caterina said his employers are allowing him to work from home at times during the week, but he said he’ll have to go through the same process Thursday if the strike is not resolved.
“I don’t need to be traveling two hours plus in the morning and then over three hours back,” Caterina said. “That’s five hours of traffic. If anybody thinks they’re doing us a favor by striking, they’re not.”
Michael Sicoli covers high school sports for Newsday. He graduated from Quinnipiac in 2022 and left with a master’s degree in sports journalism in 2023.
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