Senator Schumer: The Buffalo Processing Facility Will Be Open For At least 3 Years

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In Personal Conversation with the Postmaster General, Schumer Secures Commitment that Williams St. Processing Center For At Least Three Years, Preserving 700 Facility Jobs & Overnight Mail in Western NY

Throughout Postal Reform Debate, Schumer Lobbied Postmaster General to Keep Buffalo Processing Facility Open, Which Could Have Closed As Early As May 15th

Schumer: The Buffalo Processing Facility’s Doors Will Be Open For Years To Come

Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer announced that the Williams Street Processing Center, which would have been eligible for closure when the current post office and facility moratorium expires on May 15th, will remain open for at least three years. Throughout the postal reform debate, Schumer lobbied the Postmaster General to keep the processing facility open, in order to preserve overnight mail service in Western New York and the facility’s 700 jobs. In a personal conversation with Postmaster General Patrick Donohue, Schumer secured a commitment that the Williams Street center will remain open for the next three years.

“Western New York businesses, residents, and senior citizens rely each and every day on the Williams St. Processing Center for timely and reliable mail service that delivers everything from paychecks to Social Security payments at their door. The Buffalo processing facility is simply too important to the Western New York community, and its 700 employees, to be shut down, and I’m thrilled to announce that the Postmaster General agrees,” said Schumer. “While I recognize the importance of making cost-saving reforms in order to preserve Post Office’s vital services, I lobbied the Postmaster General to keep the Williams Street facility open, in order to prevent the loss of hundreds of jobs at the facility and hardship for families and businesses in Western New York. Today’s news means the Buffalo processing facility’s doors will be open for years to come, providing Western New Yorkers with the timely mail delivery that they deserve.”

Following news in September 2011 that Buffalo would be one of eight facilities to be studied for closure or consolidation within New York State, and throughout the postal reform debate in April, Schumer pushed to keep the Buffalo Center open. In February, USPS announced that the Buffalo facility was included in the closure and consolidation moratorium which would have ended on May 15th, when the Postal Service planned to transfer the operations of the William Street facility to Rochester. Schumer’s effort will keep the facility open for at least 3 years.

6 thoughts on “Senator Schumer: The Buffalo Processing Facility Will Be Open For At least 3 Years”

  2. The gay blade in Buffalo, Kathleen Burns, is the Western NY District manager, if she was a heterosexual, she would be gone and Buffalo too, so the Gay Pac gives so much money to Chuck Schumer, he begged the PMG to save Buffalo, what a scene that was, Big White Irish shit, and the little Jewish Twit.

  3. And it begins. Now all the dip shits in Washington will start the old “Not in my state” mentality. No wonder nothing ever gets done. I wish Washington would just go away. Let’s leave the White House empty and send the other clowns home. They absolutely do nothing and nothing in Washington costs us alot of money. I honestly can say that I hate Washington. Just give me my incentive and I will gladly stay home and away from the disaster. We should bet on which state will be the next one to say “Not in my state”. What a joke!!

  5. Buffalo NY is where all the waste is, Kathleen Burns the District Director has burned up the Money with Bonuses, cut out needed supplies for workers, bare bones, to get her bonus and for Mary Neddy the POOM ( Big POOM), and yet Mary Neddy has been on Compensation, so they pay another the same salary for the same worthless$$$$$$$$$$$$$+++

  6. Buffalo NY is where all the waste is, Kathleen Burns the District Director has burned up the Money with Bonuses, cut out needed supplies for workers, bare bones, to get her bonus and for Mary Neddy the POOM ( Big POOM), and yet Mary Neddy has been on Compensation, so they pay another the same salary for the same worthless$$$$$$$$$$$$$+++
    So how will PMG scale this back !?

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