Finger pointing, a Long Island tradition
A reader who signed himself as VINNY MAGRINO posted a comment about the LIRR Hicksville train station issue that addresses a big part of many of the problems across Long Island. He wrote: "STOP POINTING THE FINGER AT EACH OTHER AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF , PERIOD. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM TODAY, NOBODY WANTS TO TAKE CHARGE. IT'S ALWAYS BLAME THE OTHER GUY."
It's not exactly finger pointing, but that's what it looks like to those of us who don't care whose jurisdiction it is, we just want the problem fixed.
The Hicksville station has at least three agencies that are responsible for cleaning up the area - the LIRR (for the station and all the platform areas, plus the areas under the trestle), the Town of Oyster Bay (for all the out areas and parking lots) and the state Department of Transportation (for the roadway areaon Route 107). BUT, DO YOU CARE?
Apparently, these agencies don't coordinate their cleaning efforts, don't communicate with each other and assume they're all doing what's right and responsible.
Long Island is always going to suffer because of "finger pointing" as long as there are overlapping jurisdictions. We're in a maze of taxpayer-supported jurisdictions and we're not about to escape anytime soon.
