The U.S. Postal Service released an updated list today of post offices that are in jeopardy of closing. The Pitt Station Post Office on Clinton Street remains under consideration. It is one of 7 locations in Manhattan under review by the Postal Regulatory Commission. The Times has more details.

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney and State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have been lobbying the USPS to keep the Pitt Station open. They recently presented petitions containing thousands of signatures to postal officials.

Last night shortly after 9 o'clock, Police responded to an apparent shooting on 6th Street, just east of Avenue D.  Moments later, a sizable crowd gathered in the street, peering into the back door of an ambulance, where a young man was being treated. Police on the scene told residents it was a BB gun shooting – the latest in a series of incidents near Avenue D in recent weeks. But later, many people said they doubted it was a BB gun – that what they heard sounded like gunshots from a real gun. The incident took place right outside a community center in the Wald Houses, where kids inside the gym were playing basketball. 

The shooting happened just minutes after a "stop the violence" community meeting concluded at the East Side Tabernacle Church on 2nd Street. Parents, representatives of elected officials and community organizers had been talking about creating new opportunities for kids: after school programs, mentoring and job training. The gathering was coordinated by a new group, Mothers in Arms. Dereese Huff, president of the Campos Plaza Tenant Association, said the situation "needs to be confronted now because the next kid who's dead could be our own."

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