Lowey Presses Deputy Postmaster General for Answers on Scheduling Changes and Problems at Westchester Distribution Center, Mail Theft
In new letter, Congresswoman Lowey warns that scheduling changes because of problems at Westchester Processing and Distribution Center will “make mail delivery even later than it already is”; Lowey to Deputy Postmaster General: I have been in touch with Westchester County District Attorney about “unacceptable occurrences” of mail theft inside post offices themselves.
WHITE PLAINS, NY – Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY17/Rockland-Westchester), Ranking Member on the House Appropriations Committee, released a new letter to United States Postal Service (USPS) Deputy Postmaster General Ron Stroman urging him to provide prompt answers regarding scheduling changes and problems at the Westchester Processing and Distribution Center, as well as details about recent mail thefts in West Nyack, White Plains, Tallman, Ossining, and Tarrytown.
Congresswoman Lowey has been in frequent contact with USPS to resolve issues facing residents and to put pressure on the Postal Service to address its ongoing failures. Earlier in August, following a June meeting with Stroman and other high-level postal officials, Lowey sent a letter to the Deputy Postmaster General pressing for additional answers on security enhancements and missing passport applications in Tappan. In May, she joined fellow New York congressional delegation members in sending a letter to United States Postmaster General Megan Brennan calling for the Postal Service to address theft of mail across the Hudson Valley.
A pdf of the new letter can be found here. Full text of the letter is below.
August 30, 2018
Mr. Ronald A. Stroman
Deputy Postmaster General
475 L’Enfant Plaza SW
Washington, DC 20260-0050
Dear Mr. Stroman,
Since my letter of August 15, I have been made aware by union officials that mail carriers in the Westchester Postal District were told to come in up to 90 minutes later beginning Saturday, August 25, because of problems at the Westchester Processing and Distribution Center. This will of course make mail delivery even later than it already is.
Further, I have learned there have been more mail thefts in West Nyack, White Plains, Tallman, Ossining, and Tarrytown. I have also been told that mail containing checks has been stolen from collection boxes inside the post offices themselves. I have been in touch with the Westchester County District Attorney about these unacceptable occurrences.
It has been suggested to me that the distribution problems relate to staffing issues because, although the Postal Service is recruiting carriers, it is losing as many as 50 percent of new hires because of working conditions. These include 12-hour days, 16 to 19 days without days off, and a shifting of routes that require carriers to cover areas far from their homes, often with little notice.
I would like to know more about the scheduling changes and problems at the Distribution Center. In addition, please tell me how many thefts have been reported in the past two months, and whether customers have been informed by the USPS so that they can monitor their bank accounts and take additional steps to verify that mail has been received.
Thank you for your attention to these important matters. I look forward to your response to my letters in the next few days.
Sincerely,
Nita M. Lowey
Member of Congress
cc: Megan Brennan
United States Postmaster General
475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20260
Guy Cottrell
Chief Postal Inspector
475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20260
Dave Williams
Chief Operating Officer
475 L’Enfant Plaza, SW
Washington, DC 20260
Sigma 6…….do I hear an amen! ROFLMFAO!
Function One Scheduler cut 40% of workers while they raised mismanagement by 25% according to GAO………………and this dummy wonders why the mail delivery stinks. make an unannounced visit to a PD&C with 50 of your fellow congress people and find out for yourself twit!
They changed our start times long before August 25,. 8:30 and 9am start times on routes that are way to big, because they have not adjusted routes in years, and we keep getting more parcels from amazon daily that don’t fit in the tiny trucks. My office needs a parcel post route and truck, but because it would cause the usps to have to hire a supervisor and give the postmaster a raise, we will never see it. The usps only cares about the bosses bonuses and do not care about complaints. You only have to look at CCA’s sent from offices 1 hour away, with no regard about correct delivery, to see they only care about saving hours and bonuses.
How are those new delivery standards working out?
Dear Public;
We have heard your complaints and problems about and with our service. But since customer service is not part of our bonuses (yes, even though we cry how broke the USPS is we still receive bonuses annually. LARGE bonuses), we don’t care.
Sincerely,
USPS Management