The Long Island Railroad is shut down by a worker strike, which is bad for commuters and bad news for New York Governor Kathy Hochul, who is being blamed for poor handling.

• 3,500 LIRR workers walked off the job after wage talks broke down, the first strike there in over 30 years.
• The transit authority offered a 9.5% raise, close to what the union wanted, but the union then demanded much bigger health care coverage and the deal fell apart.
• Hochul blamed Trump for the strike, and Trump fired back that he had nothing to do with it and told her to call him if she cannot fix it.
• New York City offered extra buses that can only carry 12,500 people, while 226,000 commuters are stranded.
• Teachers and other workers who cannot work from home are stuck with no way into the city during the last weeks of the school year.

Outlook: Pressure will build fast on Hochul to settle with the union since hundreds of thousands of people cannot get to work.