Disability claims at Long Island Rail Road called ‘epidemic’
September 21st, 2008From the New York Times:
Virtually every career employee of the Long Island Rail Road applies for and gets disability payments soon after retirement, according to an investigation by the New York Times. In one recent year, that amounted to 97 percent of retirees. The number is far above the average for all railroads.
“Short of the gulag, I can’t imagine any work force that would have a so-to-speak 90 percent disability attrition rate,” said Glenn Scammel, long one of Capitol Hill’s top experts on railroads. “That defies both logic and experience.”
UPDATE: Gov. David Paterson announces investigation of railroad disability claims — New York Times
“To say that this is outrageous is probably an understatement,” Mr. Paterson said in an interview. “It’s one of the most surprising developments in my tenure as governor and even in my long service in government.”
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