Recession, U.S. Postal Service downsizing may force closure of twenty post office branches in NYC

Recession, U.S. Postal Service downsizing may force closure of twenty post office branches in NYC: "'This is unprecedented,' said Chuck Zlatkin, the legislative and political director for the New York Metro Area Postal Union. 'This is pretty drastic, and it's happening very quickly.'

The union has not received formal notification of the closings, but Zlatkin said it was part of an overall cost-cutting effort by the Postal Service. Union officials heard postal officials in New York had 90 days to select the doomed branches."