Retaining and Attracting Talent

Workforce: The ability to attract skilled workers is crucial for Long Island’s economic health. Specialized industries like education, biotechnology and the health sciences – the lifeblood of the Island’s economy– will benefit from an improved mass transit system that connects them to the top talent they need.

Higher Education: More reliable train service will attract students to Long Island colleges and universities and make it more likely they will choose to live and work here after graduation. Today, students and faculty don’t always have the mass transit choices they need to make commuting to school an option. By ending the reverse peak blackout and scheduling better intra-Island service, they’ll be able to get to colleges and universities on their schedule.