We just got word from the the Seward Park Housing Corporation that there will be a rally to save the Pitt Station Post office this Sunday at 12:30pm. State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney will be in attendance. It will be held outside the post office on Clinton Street (between Grand and East Broadway). The Pitt Station is on a short list of Manhattan post offices in jeopardy as the U.S. Postal Service grapples with a large budget deficit.
The Seward park Co-op is the post office's landlord – but has a strong interest in keeping the small retail office open for another reason. There are a large number of elderly residents living in the four buildings that make up the Co-op and many more seniors living in three other co-op developments along Grand Street. More details later.
