LIRR strike forces Long Island man to shell out $200 for Uber to MSG to attend relative’s graduation ceremony

Source: New York Post

A Suffolk County man says Uber charged him and two others a whopping $200 Saturday for a one-way trip from Long Island to Madison Square Garden on the first day of the LIRR strike – a jaunt that would normally cost $13. 50 by rail. “It’s very sad that nobody can compromise anymore,” said the 55-year-old, who went by “Blake D.