The postal service hasn’t delivered mail to a Lower East Side housing project in two weeks because someone broke the sorting- room lock — and NYCHA and the USPS are blaming each other.
Residents of the Gompers Houses on Pitt Street now have to make a half-mile trek to get mail at the East Broadway post office, which is particularly tough for the elderly, disabled and pregnant.
“I have to walk 10 blocks to get my mail and I’m nine months pregnant,” seethed Shakenna Pender, 34, who goes every other day. “I’m pissed off!”
Mailmen, citing security issues, stopped making deliveries after the sorting-room lock broke. A note on the door says, “No mail until housing fixes lock. Pick up your mail at East Broadway PO.”
“When you go to the post office, they say it’s a housing issue; when you go to housing, they say it’s a post office issue,” said Robert Frank, 59, who walks with a cane.
Meanwhile, NYCHA said in a statement, “We expect repairs to be completed by Wednesday of this week and mail delivery to resume the following day.”