Albany, NY – The state controller’s office says the U.S. Postal Service has lost many of the 60,000 pension checks it mailed last week.
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The checks were mailed a week ago Monday to arrive by last Saturday. They are due the first business day of every month.
“The post office signed for them, and that’s the last we heard,” said Dennis Tompkins, spokesman for Controller Thomas DiNapoli.
“This is why we encourage people to have direct deposit.”
A Postal Service spokesman couldn’t say what went wrong.
The state is asking people to wait another day or two, and if their checks don’t show up, to call the controller’s office at (866) 805-0990 to have another one sent.
Can you imagine the govt running healthcare? Your test results are lost in the mail
The Post Office did not lose them. The Governer had them taken from the warehouse after they learned that the 60,000 checks would all bounce and cost the retirees fees from their banks of at least $50 each. They would rather have this embarrassment than a total bankruptcy scandal in today’s news.
Now I really feel good about Obama’s plan to use the Postal Service to distribute antrax vaccines.
They should check the Paterson, NJ bulk mail dept.!
i must give credit to comptroller dinapoli for adressing this mess.
aat least he is open and honest.
he could have closed his eyes to this but instead he is telling the people what happened.
yasher koach tom dinapoli