As would-be Long Island Rail Road riders scrambled to make it out of Manhattan just after midnight Saturday, MTA police officers waited to deliver bad news at the bottom of the towering escalators inside Grand Central Madison.
Close to 3,500 workers on the country’s largest commuter railroad went out on strike at 12:01 a.m. — and those hoping to catch a train home from its sprawling East Midtown hub were now out of luck.
“Guys, no more trains,” one officer said. “You’re going to have to take the subway or an Uber, my friend.”…