Long lines, lost packages frustrate customers at Morrisania post office<\/a><\/p>\nMartier claims the Postal Service recently implemented an 8 a.m. “hard stop,” requiring clerks to stop processing mail – even if First-Class Mail and parcels remain.<\/p>\n
He says the consequences can be devastating.<\/p>\n
“My concern is that those parcels contain medicine,” he says.<\/p>\n
Martier also provided the Turn To Tara team with photographs, which he claims shows mail left behind at a Bronx post office. <\/p>\n
The U.S. Postal Service has not confirmed those allegations, but it has now caught the attention of members of Congress.<\/p>\n
Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres sent a letter to USPS last week demanding answers about the reported hard stop policy.<\/p>\n
“Scandalous….Medication can be a matter of life and death, or if there’s a delay in the delivery of an absentee ballot, it undermines the integrity of our elections,” says Torres. <\/p>\n
His next steps? <\/p>\n
“Everything’s on the table, oversight, hearings, investigations,” he says. <\/p>\n
The concerns are now spreading beyond New York City.<\/p>\n
Hudson Valley Rep. Pat Ryan has also demanded answers after hearing from constituents about chronic mail delays.<\/p>\n
A federal watchdog report last May found First-Class Mail performance has declined since 2022, despite USPS lowering some of its delivery standards. <\/p>\n
It also comes as the USPS is warning Congress it could run out of operating cash without legislative changes.<\/p>\n
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