August 14, 2022
** FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY; NOT FOR PUBLICATION, BROADCAST OR SOCIAL MEDIA **
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Governor Hochul to Join MTA Leadership to Open First Section of LIRR Third Track |
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Governor Kathy Hochul will join Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chair and CEO Janno Lieber, LIRR Interim President and Metro-North Railroad President Catherine Rinaldi and MTA Construction & Development President Jamie Torres-Springer at the New Hyde Park LIRR station to announce the opening of the first section of the LIRR Main Line Expansion Project (also known as LIRR Third Track). A ceremonial first train ride will be taken prior to the announcement. Newsday will be pool for print and still photographs and WNBC-TV will be pool for broadcast video on ceremonial first ride. The MTA will distribute unedited reports from poolers following the event and WNBC will distribute pool video. WHEN: TOMORROW, Monday, Aug. 15, at 1:30 p.m. WHERE: LIRR New Hyde Park Station, 3rd Avenue and Baer Place, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 WHO:
CONTACT: MTA Press Office, (212) 878-7440 |
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