Long Island Rail Road workers implicated in a three-year counterfeit employee ID card ring made on average 1.3 to 2.7 times more in overtime last year than their fellow LIRR workers, according to a Newsday analysis of LIRR pay records.

Among the 36 accused is the LIRR’s top overtime earner in 2024, gang foreman Craig Murray, one of seven implicated railroad supervisors. Records show Murray made $220,073 in overtime last year, on top of his $124,361 base salary. His total earnings were $345,779 — more than the president of the railroad made.

Murray’s overtime earnings were about 3.5 times higher than the $63,319 average for all LIRR gang foremen last year.

He also was among the railroad’s 10 highest overtime earners in 2023 and again in 2022, when his earnings jumped 16% from the pre

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