An audit of the LIRR’s maintenance of train stations in Nassau County finds that the railroad’s upkeep of the facilities it controls has been “extremely inadequate.”

That report, authored by the Nassau County Comptroller’s office and obtained exclusively by News 12 weeks before its release, reveals a slew of maintenance and safety issues discovered at the LIRR’s 58 train stations in Nassau County.

“We're seeing infrastructure, paint peeling, cracking columns that are literally eroding away,” Nassau County Comptroller Elaine Phillips (R-Flower Hill) said.

The report also details concerns about the burgeoning pigeon population at many stations, including Valley Stream and Lynbrook.

“It looks like it is their home,” Phillips said.

“For maintenance, operation, and use are we getting our money's worth? And the answer is no.”

Phillips tells News 12 the MTA received $137M from Nassau County and its residents last year. The audit dives deeper into the numbers, and determines that more than $36M of that money is earmarked for LIRR station maintenance, use, and operation. That works out to about $100,000 per day and $1,700 per station.

The report also surveyed close to 1,000 LIRR riders in Nassau County, who listed a litany of complaints about cleanliness, safety, and cost. Many of the complaints outlined in the report came from passengers in Valley Stream, Lynbrook, Long Beach and Floral Park.

News 12 visited the Valley Stream LIRR station on Wednesday, and spoke with riders who expressed frustrations with the state of their hometown station.

“Infrastructure deteriorates. If money's not put into maintaining it, that's what happens,” Beth Ward, who has lived in Valley Stream for 28 years, said.

“Surely it is something that can be improved.”

The Nassau Comptroller’s report did give the LIRR high marks for many of its newly renovated stations, which were updated during the MTA’s Third Track Project. It also finds that maintenance of indoor spaces and bathrooms was fair.

“Some of the stations are in great shape, by the way,” Phillips said.

“But we need all of the stations to be in great shape. We’re paying so much money.”

Construction is underway at the Valley Stream station as work on a capital improvement project continues.

In response to a News 12 inquiry about the Comptroller’s office findings, an MTA spokesperson questioned the motives and conclusions of the report.

“This is a political audit that wasn't even shared with LIRR before it was blasted to the media,” MTA Spokesperson David Steckel said.

“We are running the best service in the history of LIRR and the recently approved 2025-29 $68.4 billion capital program is the most ambitious investment in state of good repair ever made."