Postal Service Targets The Bronx: 17 Stations Could Be Closed Under 'Expanded Access' Study

The United States Postal Service announced on Tuesday that up to 34 retail offices in New York City could be air jordan shoes closed starting in January. A full half of those stations on death row are in the Bronx, including the Hunts Point, Morrisania, West Farms and Castle Hill locations.

The potential cuts are all part of a study dubbed "Expanded Access" by the Postal Service, which is looking at whether to close 3,700 post offices. The USPS, under pressure Air Jordan 2011 from Congress to cut costs and avert a disputed pension shortfall, is desperate to find savings anywhere it can.

At the same time, the Postal Service doesn't want to anger politicians whose offices will be flooded with calls if neighborhood NFL jerseys whole sale offices close. So it says the plan won't hurt service because "village post offices," at private businesses like CVS and Duane Reade, will pick up the slack on ordinary customers' needs by selling stamps.

The New York Metro Area Postal Union argues that the plan is a fantasy.

"Whatever they say -- it's like '1984' some of the phrases they come out with -- but in reality they're not going to improve service, they cheap kids shoes never have. Service gets worse with everything they've done," union political director Chuck Zlatkin told HuffPost.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. is not happy about all the closures. "I am extremely concerned that 17 postal locations in the Bronx are being studied for Air Jordan CMFT Max Air 12 potential closure. The Bronx cannot afford such a considerable loss of both jobs and commercial activity," he said in a statement.

His communications director, John DeSio, added that it was "somewhat troublesome that the Bronx is seeing an exponentially higher potential closure rate here than any other borough."