AGs want USPS to stop further service cuts
By Nelson A. King
New York Attorney General,
Letitia James on Monday co-led a
coalition of 21 attorneys general
and two cities in calling on the
Postal Regulatory Commission to
reject Postmaster General Louis
DeJoy’s proposal to cut services
at the United States Postal Service
(USPS), which would result in
increased delivery times for First-
Class Mail and other essential
postal services.
James and the coalition today
submitted a statement of position
to the Postal Regulatory Commission
— an independent federal
agency that provides transparency
and accountability of the
USPS’s operations — to urge the
USPS to focus its attention on
correcting the mistakes of the
previous year, not implementing
new changes that would further
degrade service.
The proposed changes could
impact up to 96 percent of ZIP
codes in the United States, James
said.
“For nearly a year now, we
have had to fight the United
States Postal Service tooth and
nail to fulfill its mission, and
provide timely delivery of mail,
medications, paychecks, ballots,
and other essentials to Americans
across the nation,” she said.
“Now, instead of fixing the problems
that remain delinquent a
year later, Postmaster General
DeJoy wants to lead the USPS in
making further service cuts that
would only result in more delays.
“The Postal Regulatory Commission
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should reject these
changes and direct the USPS to
take action to resume USPS service
to what it once was,” James
continued. “If they don’t, we will
not hesitate to use every tool at
our disposal to hold the USPS
accountable.”
Attorney General James and
the coalition write, in their statement
of position on Monday that,
despite the USPS’s claims that
it “implemented a series of purported
cost-saving initiatives” a
year ago, the truth is that the
changes “had a devastating effect
on mail service.”
The coalition says that those
initiatives included drastic
changes to USPS’s policies with
respect to extra and late trips,
and were implemented virtually
overnight without any prior
input from the Postal Regulatory
Commission.
As a result, the coalition
argues, mail delivery across the
nation slowed, and Americans
who depended on the USPS
for the delivery of prescription
medication, paychecks and other
necessities were left stranded.
The coalition also argues that
the increased delays also made
it more difficult for the states
to perform a variety of essential
functions and provide critical
services to their residents,
including the delivery of mail
and absentee ballots before the
November 2020 presidential election.
As a result of Postmaster General
DeJoy’s efforts, the coalition
says the USPS is poised to repeat
many of these mistakes.
The coalition reminds the
Postal Regulatory Commission
of the obligations and benefits of
the USPS, including its commitment
to prompt, reliable service
of necessary, life-saving goods to
all residents of New York.
The coalition says Postmaster
General DeJoy’s proposed service
standards would slow down
mail delivery for a significant
portion of First-Class mail, and
would significantly hinder the
USPS’s mission to provide reliable
service.
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