USPS OIG Report: Emergency Preparedness – Winter Storm Elliott

Background The U.S. Postal Service provides customers across the nation mail service six days a week as required by law. In December 2022, Winter Storm Elliott arrived in Western New York, and within minutes, winds went from 10 to 70 miles per hour and brought about 36 inches of snow over four days. During a…

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Letter: A few bad postal workers do not represent the whole

August 27, 2015 Out of 5,200 postal workers in Western New York, three new employees are bad apples and The News runs a front page story titled, “Postal workers behaving badly.” You’ve got to be kidding! I represented letter carriers on the job for nearly 30 years and I’ve never seen a more dedicated and…

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Postal Service has spent $190,000 on unopened office

(July 7, 2014) SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. — White envelopes, clear packaging tape and unfolded colorful boxes line the right wall, while a “Next Station Please” sign sits atop a wood counter in the dark room. Outside the room, in a narrow hallway, stacks of empty white mail bins rest against a wall. The entrance remains…

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