Heres where to focus your anger for the outrageous LIRR strike

The strike by five unions Saturday that shut down the Long Island Rail Road has created an unimaginable transportation nightmare, not just for riders but whole the region.It leaves countless folks with no easy or practical way to travel between Long Island and the city, and every vehicle on the roads subject to painful traffic.And while there’s been no shortage of finger-pointing for this calamity, make no mistake: One and only one party is to blame — the unions.As usual, Gov.Kathy Hochul’s response was to target President Donald Trump.“The disruption that Long Islanders face starting tonight is the direct result of reckless actions by the Trump Administration to cut mediation short,” ranted Hochul.Cut mediation short? Workers’ contracts expired three years ago.

And the mediation Team Trump arranged last year added months more to the talks.Trump, meanwhile, and Hochul’s GOP rival for governor, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, blasted her for the strike.“You should not have allowed this to happen,” chided the prez.“Kathy Hochul failed to do her job,” charged Blakeman.Huh? What was she supposed to do — order the MTA to cave to the unions’ outrageous demands and simply pass the cost to riders (or taxpayers)?Those demands would translate into an 8% hike in LIRR fares, she noted.Trump and Blakeman’s criticism line up with that of International President of the Transport Workers Union John Samuelsen, who preposterously claimed Hochul triggered the strike so the “blame would be cast on Blakeman and the Republicans.”Sorry: Blakeman had nothing to do with the negotiations, so there’s no way Hochul could’ve gotten away with blaming him.No, responsibility lies solely with the five unions, which represent a mere 3,500 members, including engineers, signalmen and machinists.They decided to take 300,000 daily riders — and a major slice of the regional economy (state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli puts toll at $61 million a day) — hostage ...