Sisters express no hard feelings over LIRR strike

Lori Colon, 58, of Port Jefferson Station, arrived at the Ronkonkoma station with her sister, Donna Cooley, 62, of Sayville, with a mission to board the 12:18 p.m. train to Penn Station.

Colon said her 19-year-old daughter is finishing her freshman year at the Fashion Institute of Technology and worried about how she would help her move out of her dorm room.

"It’s ... not only end of her freshman year ... it is the week everyone's packing up, everyone's got to be out this week, or they're graduating," Colon said. "It’s been really rough for people getting in and out and stuff."

The sisters jointly carried a suitcase filled with packing bags.

While they were concerned about railroad service, the sisters said they had no negative feelings about the railroad.

They said that MTA leadership should have agreed to a deal on Sunday to prevent the strike from going into the workweek.

"Everyone is always talking about overtime, this, and ... they get paid. Please, do you know how difficult it is to live right now? It's ridiculous," Colon. "Give them what they're worth, give them their pay. Period. End of story. Everyone needs a raise."