Today, New York First Congressional District Representative Nick LaLota (R-Suffolk County) introduced the Mobile Post Office Relief Act. The bill would require the United States Postal Service (USPS) to provide a mobile retail unit to provide retail postal services, including Post Office (PO) Box services, to an area when the post office is temporarily closed. The Mobile Post Office Relief Act would provide a meaningful solution to the lack of action by the USPS in restoring Post Offices across the United States which have been closed for excessive amounts of time.
“For months, the Sound Beach Post Office has been closed with no signs of reopening and no updates on repairs. I have inquired with USPS numerous times as to the status and what we can do to support the community, with no real answers,” said LaLota. “The Sound Beach community deserves a government that is open and transparent with them and a government that works for them, not against them. Providing a mobile post office is the least our government can do while repairs continue. I will fight to right the wrong at Sound Beach and hold USPS accountable until their post office reopens.”
To read the full text of the legislation, click HERE.