Nicholas D’Agostino, 21, copped to one count of second-degree murder in the killing of Yusef Staine inside an LIRR train parked at Suffolk County’s Ronkonkoma station, Newsday reported.

The plea came on the eve of a murder trial set to delve into the early hours of Feb. 16, when surveillance footage on a stopped LIRR train car showed a gunman callously shoot Staine in the back of ...

The 75.5 million passengers carried by the LIRR in 2024 was about 16% more than in 2023, and about 82% of the railroad’s ridership in 2019, when it carried 91.1 million passengers, a modern record.

Conklin, 67, a 17-year LIRR veteran who resigned shortly after the derailment, had initially faced up to 2 years in prison. He could also have been fined, but Seybert told him she would skip the ...

It should have already been reviewed and approved by Amtrak with input from both NJTransit and LIRR, whose operations will be directly impacted by the work. The schedule would provide the weekly ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul crowed about riding the LIRR on Friday — posting a photo of herself on the train and gushing about the “great ride” — all while having her taxpayer-funded motorcade drive ...

The LIRR not only experienced an increase in ridership but also achieved an on-time performance record of 95.65%. In November, it reached an on-time performance rate of 96.2%, the highest level ...

Sal Napolitano, with the Greater Ronkonkoma Civic Association, says LIRR trains already bring you to Penn Station where you can transfer to Amtrak. “These are trains in a half hour, there's six ...