{"id":24996,"date":"2018-12-07T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=24996"},"modified":"2018-12-07T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T14:47:00","slug":"nyc-post-office-not-accepting-packages-as-holidays-hit-full-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2018\/12\/07\/nyc-post-office-not-accepting-packages-as-holidays-hit-full-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Post Office Not Accepting Packages As Holidays Hit Full Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=eyJtIjoiY2JzIiwidiI6IjM5OTAwNDIiLCJhbnZhY2siOiJEVnpsOVFSem94M1pac1A5Yk51NUxpM1g3b2JRT25xUCIsInNoYXJlTGluayI6Imh0dHBzOi8vY2JzbG9jLmFsLzJTQWFvT00iLCJwbHVnaW5zIjp7ImNvbXNjb3JlIjp7ImNsaWVudElkIjoiMzAwMDAyMyIsImMzIjoibmV3eW9yay5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20ifSwiZGZwIjp7ImNsaWVudFNpZGUiOnsiYWRUYWdVcmwiOiJodHRwOi8vcHViYWRzLmcuZG91YmxlY2xpY2submV0L2dhbXBhZC9hZHM%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%3D%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) \u2014 The holiday season means it\u2019s peak mailing season and as a result, post offices are in full swing.<\/p>\n<p>One post office on the Upper West Side, however, isn\u2019t accepting any packages, putting deliveries in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>Paper signs posted all over the Park West post office on Columbus Avenue warned customers their station is unable to accept large envelopes or packages due to \u201cElevator Inoperable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judicial appraiser Tsadik Kaplan was trying to mail his books to clients last week so they would arrive in time for Chanukah.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow is the time to mail packages for everybody, and to have this post office shut down now it\u2019s not fun for a lot of people especially seniors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The signs suggest customers instead use alternate post offices, both of which are ten blocks away. Fern McBride mailed a large envelope from the Park West location last week, right before it stopped accepting them. More at <a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2018\/12\/06\/park-west-post-office-no-packages\/\">CBS NYC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24997\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Park-West-PO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Park-West-PO.jpg 400w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Park-West-PO-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Park-West-PO-86x54.jpg 86w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Park-West-PO-120x74.jpg 120w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Park-West-PO-378x237.jpg 378w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) \u2014 The holiday season means it\u2019s peak mailing season and as a result, post offices are in full swing. One post office on the Upper West Side, however, isn\u2019t accepting any packages, putting deliveries in jeopardy. Paper signs posted all over the Park West post office on Columbus Avenue warned customers their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24998,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996\/revisions\/24998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}