Congressman José E. Serrano received a letter from the Postmaster General today which said that the Postal Service will not be closing the Bronx processing facility. Serrano worked over the past several years to block the Postal Service from consolidating the Bronx operations into a Manhattan-based facility. The closure of the facility would have resulted in reduced service for Bronx mail recipients and would have taken jobs away from the Bronx.

“Today is a great day for the Bronx,” Serrano said. “We are going to keep our mail sorting facility and the corresponding jobs right here in the Bronx. We knew that consolidation was the wrong move for a variety of reasons. The community came together to oppose the consolidation and deserves the credit for this victory. From my seat on the Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Postal Service, I was able to bring the community’s concerns directly to the Postal Service management, but without the group effort we would not have won today.”

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