Hochul to hold LIRR strike briefing; unions say no talks scheduled
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a strike briefing Sunday morning Credit: Ed Quinn
Gov. Kathy Hochul is holding a news conference Sunday morning about the ongoing labor strike that has shuttered the Long Island Rail Road.
Hochul — who effectively controls the LIRR and its Metropolitan Transportation Authority parent agency — is scheduled to brief reporters at 11 a.m. somewhere in New York City, according to a public schedule issued Saturday evening.
As has been her recent practice, more precise details about where the briefing will be were not publicly disclosed.
Neither the MTA nor the five unions whose members have walked off the job have said when bargaining would resume.
No future talks have been scheduled, Jamie Horwitz, a spokesman for the unions, told Newsday late Saturday night.
Negotiations ended abruptly Friday night, moments before the midnight deadline the unions had set to strike.
Matthew Chayes, a Newsday reporter since 2007, covers New York City.
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