Helena Williams

Problems have cleared up for most Subway and bus riders in New York City. But commuting on the Long Island Rail Road continues to be a nightmare since the storm. The reason is that train travel through the East River tunnels has been cut back this month...

The 2009-10 academic year is now a memory, but it also provides the chance for PTAs to review the months with appreciation for the support and hard work that took place. At Glendale High School, the PTSA has announced its gift to the school thanks to...

A 2007 analysis of Long Island Rail Road infrastructure sharply criticized the antiquated switch and signal system that was crippled during Monday's electrical fire. Authored by a former president of Metro North, the report claims LIRR leaders missed a...

The school year is winding down but final activities are gearing up with elementary schools just as busy as secondary schools. A number of programs are planned for sixth-graders at Verdugo Woodlands. Camp Highland runs Tuesday through Friday, and a...

Long Island Rail Road customers can expect more crowded trains, dirtier stations and fewer ticket agents as the MTA has announced a new round of cuts aimed at closing its $400 million budget deficit. LIRR president Helena Williams says the reductions are...

An arbitration panel has awarded transit workers with a generous 3 year contract that includes wage increases of more than 11 percent. And in a significant development, the panel also rolled back a portion of the employee health care contribution that the...

As Long Island has evolved from farmlands and horse carriages to housing developments and congested highways, one piece of infrastructure has stood the test of time - a straight line of train tracks cutting through the middle of the Island. It is the...

NEW YORK - Saying she could not stand idle as Long Island Rail Road employees continue to abuse a flawed pension system that grants disability benefits to nearly anyone who applies, railroad president Helena Williams yesterday called for widespread...

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo launched an investigation into published reports disclosing that career employees at the Long Island Rail Road routinely received disability payments from an obscure federal agency though many remain healthy enough to play...

OLD WESTBURY, N.Y - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo castigated the agencies that had oversight over the Long Island Rail Road's pension system at a hearing Monday into possible abuse of the system. "It was a bad program design to begin with, and [had]...

NEW YORK - Whereas the average eastbound LIRR ridership on Wednesdays between noon and 4 p.m. is 15,000, that figure doubles to 30,000 on Thanksgiving eve, LIRR officials said. Fifteen extra trains also are planned for tomorrow to carry people coming...

A Long Island Rail Road official was arrested Monday by detectives from the office of State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on charges of official misconduct in connection with the recent railroad pension scandal, sources said. Sources identified the...