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Updated 08/05/2009 09:43 AM

USPS Reduces Number Of Planned Closures

By: NY1 News

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The United State Postal Service has reduced the number of planned post office closings in the city.

As a result of financial woes, the USPS said Monday that it would close nearly 700 possible closures across the country, including 53 in the five boroughs.

On Tuesday, it knocked that number down to 14.

The hardest hit borough is the Bronx with seven and Manhattan with five.

"I have a lot of concern for the members who have to relocate as far as 125 miles away and also concern for the community who are used to going around the corner will now have to get a MetroCard to get on a subway to get to a post office," said New York Metro Area Postal Union President Clarice Torrence.

The post office is trying to counter a potential loss of nearly $7 billion this fiscal year with staffing cuts and removal of collection boxes, in addition to the two-cent increase in the price of stamps.

Mail volume fell by 9.5 billion pieces last year with 28 billion expected this year.

The earliest any location is expected to close is October. There's also a possibility 300 more locations could be added to the list.

Post Offices Under Review For Closure

Bronx
• Botanical
• Clason Point
• Crotona Park
• Melcourt
• Oak Point
• Van Nest
• Hillside


Manhattan
• Cherokee
• College
• Pitt
• Port Authority
• West Village

Queens
• LaGuardia Airport, Main Terminal
• Parcel Post Annex