NYU Langone is making its own plans to get employees to and from Long Island via ferry\u00a0in case striking\u00a0Long Island Rail Road workers\u00a0shut\u00a0down the rails on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Glen Cove City Council passed a pair of resolutions Tuesday night allowing\u00a0New York Water Taxi to use the Glen Cove Ferry Terminal on weekdays to transport NYU Langone Health employees to and from New York City.<\/p>\n
“This is something that may happen; it may not happen. It depends upon the railroad strike,” Glen Cove Mayor Pamela Panzenbeck said at the meeting. “We’re trying to help Langone as much as we can.”<\/p>\n
NYU Langone Health spokesman Steve Ritea said Wednesday he was unable to comment on the matter. New York Water Taxi could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n
Republican Councilman Kevin Maccarone said one of the two resolutions authorizes an agreement for NYU Langone Health to provide payment to the city to use the terminal. The second measure\u00a0enters the city into a license agreement with New York Water Taxi to use the site.<\/p>\n
Glen Cove for years has failed to launch consistent commuter service from the terminal, which was built with $16.6 million in federal grant funding that required the city to run ferry service for at least two years. Commuter service briefly ran during the “Summer of Hell” in 2017 when LIRR track repairs limited service to riders.<\/p>\n
Plans to start\u00a0regular service<\/a>\u00a0in 2020 were\u00a0halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then delayed further when former commuters continued to work remotely at home.<\/p>\n The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the LIRR, and five unions representing almost\u00a03,500 workers have\u00a0clashed over contract talks<\/a>. The unions, which represent electricians, locomotive engineers, signal inspectors, machinists and ticket clerks, have asked for a 5% salary increase in the final year of a four-year contract. A\u00a0recommended settlement Wednesday would pay\u00a0workers 4.5% raises in the fourth year.<\/p>\n
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