Schumer Calls On USPS To Immediately Improve Delivery Service In Larchmont

LARCHMONT, NY — Responding to federal officials about the year-long delivery problems in Larchmont and surrounding post offices, the United State Postal Service said that staffing was the issue and its being addressed. The agency has hired new personnel, including a permanent postmaster and carrier assistants.

The agency would not confirm a town hall event for the community, something it said it was interested in, lohud.com reported. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Senator Charles Schumer held a press conference Friday in Larchmont and lambasted the USPS for its shoddy service in the community and surrounding areas.

He demanded the agency release its audit report of Larchmont’s postal operations in a public meeting and that they put a specific plan in place to immediately improve the sub-par service.

Complaints have included irregular delivery, no delivery at all, causing residents to incur late fees on bills and the loss of passports and medications.

“When Benjamin Franklin created the United States postal system in 1775, he had a simple idea,” Schumer said, “put a stamp on a letter, put it in a mailbox and the letter would be delivered to the recipient.

“Somehow the Larchmont Post Office had a different idea,” he said. “It is simply ‘mail-practice’ that for over a year residents in Larchmont, and now New Rochelle, continue to have shoddy service problems getting their medications, bills, passports and other critical items in the mail.”

Schumer called on the USPS to hold a community meeting within 30 days to explain the findings of the recently concluded review, hear additional feedback and articulate a mail-delivery improvement plan.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this article referred to Sen. Schumer incorrectly as the Senate majority leader. He is the Senate minority leader. Patch regrets the error.

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