Strike won't be music to his ears

By Alek Lewisalek.lewis@newsday.com @aleklewis99May 15, 2026

Ben Altos, 45, said that workers should not go on strike and bring train service to a halt. Altos, a musician, said he relies on the LIRR to get from his home in Brooklyn to his gigs in Suffolk County.

Altos said he would have to stop working. He does not own a car, and an Uber from Brooklyn to Suffolk costs around $500 round trip, he said.

“I wouldn’t come back until they run the trains again,” he said. “I would be losing too much money.”

By Alek Lewis

alek.lewis@newsday.com @aleklewis99

Alek Lewis covers the towns of Southampton, East Hampton and Shelter Island for Newsday. He previously worked as a reporter for RiverheadLOCAL, where he received awards from the New York Press Association and the Press Club of Long Island for his reporting on local government and politics. A Riverhead native, he is a graduate of Stony Brook University.

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