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Deal to end LIRR strike leaves New Yorkers squeezed — but might be the best possible

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Chalk up another overly generous contract deal for the Long Island Rail Road unions — at the public’s expense.

The MTA and five holdout LIRR unions reached a deal Monday night, ending a crippling three-day strike and avoiding more turmoil, just as the region gets set for Memorial Weekend.

More good news: Gov. Kathy Hochul claims the deal doesn’t “compromise affordability for Long Islanders” or “require any additional fare increases or tax increases.”

Cross your fingers she’s right.

The agreement was likely the best the public can hope for — given the union’s ability to strangle the region with a strike, New York pols’ heavy pro-labor tilt and that it’s an election year.

(Even Hochul’s GOP rival, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, shamefully urged her to cave to the........

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