WATCH: Pressley, Wu, Breadon Condemn USPS Service Cuts and Proposed Closure of Allston Post Office

October 6, 2026 WATCH: Pressley, Wu, Breadon Condemn USPS Service Cuts and Proposed Closure of Allston Post Office Proposal for Allston Branch Also Coincides with USPS Announcement to “Temporarily” Close USPS Field Corner Office Later This Month Today, Pressley Joined Markey, Mass. Colleagues Demanding USPS Cease Campaign of Post Office Closures in the Commonwealth Video (YouTube) ALLSTON – Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) joined Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Boston City Council President Liz Breadon, and elected officials at a rally to condemn the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) actions to reduce service for residents across the city and plans to permanently close the Allston Post Office. The City of Boston also sent USPS leadership a letter notifying them of the City’s strong opposition to the agency’s reversal of its prior commitment to restore postal services in Allston. If closed, 87,000 residents of Allston-Brighton will be served by one post office location in Brighton. This proposal also coincides with USPS announcing this week that it will, purportedly temporarily, close the USPS Fields Corner branch later this month. “The USPS belongs to all of us and is a vital lifeline for folks in Allston who depend on it for everything from daily medications and Social Security checks to mail-in ballots and staying connected to loved ones,” said Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley . “That’s why we’re not letting them off the hook while they go back on their word and rip away this essential resource by permanently closing the Allston branch. I’m proud to stand with Mayor Wu and Councilor Breadon and our colleagues to fight back.” “The reversal of the Post Office’s prior commitments to reopen the Allston USPS branch is an abdication of responsibility not only to Boston, but to all families,” said Mayor Michelle Wu . “This post office serves grandparents buying stamps to mail birthday cards to their grandchildren, parents sending care packages to students away at college, and residents and small businesses who rely on this location to conduct business. I thank Councilor Breadon for her work and leadership in bringing our community together as we continue to urge United State Postal Service leaders to keep their word and prevent the permanent closure of this vital resource for our community.” “USPS’s proposal to permanently close the Allston Post Office is an unacceptable reversal of a promise made to our community by USPS,” said Boston City Council President Breadon . “For the past seven years, the 87,000 residents of Allston-Brighton have been served by only one post office location; Newton, which has a population of 88,000, has 10. Our neighborhood will continue to fight for the reestablishment of the Allston Post Office, fair treatment from USPS, and the fulfillment of commitments made.” At today’s rally, the elected officials invited Allston residents to join them in contesting the closure. This proposal also coincides with USPS announcing last week that it will, purportedly temporarily, close the USPS Fields Corner branch later this month. People interested in submitting public comments can email allstonpostoffice@boston.gov . People should include their name and home address with their comments. The deadline for this initial period is Sunday, October 11 and there will be future opportunities for residents to engage on this issue in the coming months. Congresswoman Pressley, Mayor Wu, and City Council President Breadon were joined at the press conference today by Scott Hoffman, National Business Agent, American Postal Workers Union; Tony D’Isdoro, President Allston Civic Association; George Huynh, Executive Director VietAID; State Senator Will Brownsberger; State Representative Kevin Honan; City Councilor-At-Large Ruthzee Louijeune; City Councilor-At-Large Erin Murphy; City Councilor-At-Large Henry Santana; City Councilor John FitzGerald, District 3; and President Mark Sideris, Watertown. “The USPS has asked the Allston community to engage in a charade that operational performance will be enhanced by the permanent closing of the Allston Post Office,” said Tony D’Isidoro, President of the Allston Civic Association . “They’re not fooling anyone! This new business model will fail because it will not be applied fairly across the country.” “Every day, we see how much our neighbors rely on the post office to apply for benefits, renew passports, update their address, receive important documents, and send packages home to family. For seniors and residents who don’t drive or are more comfortable in their own language, a nearby post office is a lifeline,” said George Huynh, Executive Director of Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAID) . “Allston has gone seven years without one. Fields Corner is now facing the same uncertainty, and we cannot afford to wait seven years. We urge USPS to commit to a clear timeline for a permanent location in Fields Corner and to restore the post office here in Allston. Every neighborhood in Boston deserves a post office close to home.” “It’s bad enough that the Post Office degrades service levels, but here they want to take the post office away lock, stock, and barrel,” said Scott Hoffman, National Business Agent, American Postal Workers Union . “It’s a slippery slope type condition if we let them pull a post office after making promises to the community and to workers, then all is lost. This is a brazen move.” Footage from the press conference is available here . Photo Credit: Boston Mayor’s Office In early September 2026, the United States Postal Service (USPS) announced its intent to study the permanent closure of the Allston Post Office Branch. This proposal has sparked concern and frustration among residents and elected officials. If closed, all 87,000 residents of Allston-Brighton will be served by only one post office location in Brighton. The Allston Post Office Branch was previously located at 47 Harvard Avenue in Allston. Due to structural issues with its building, USPS suspended service at this location in 2019. In 2021, the former Allston Post Office site was purchased by Boston-based real estate firm Eden Properties. A mixed-used residential project was later approved for the site and is currently under construction. As part of this redevelopment, Eden Properties worked with USPS to reestablish the Allston Post Office Branch in a ground-floor commercial space designed for use by the post office. In June 2025, USPS sent a letter to Mayor Wu stating its final decision to relocate and reestablish the Allston Post Office. In early September 2026, however, Allston residents received notification via letter from USPS announcing its intent to permanently close the Allston Post Office Branch. A transcript of the Congresswoman’s remarks is available below and the full video is available here . Transcript: Rep. Pressley Condemns USPS Plan to Close Allston Branch October 5, 2026 Allston, MA In serving on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, I was conducting a lot of oversight in the fight to send Postmaster DeJoy on his way. And I thought when we did that that we might be getting on a path to what the people deserve, and certainly the dedicated postal workers deserve. Instead, we find ourselves here. But the reason why, in the midst of this, I still have hope, is because I believe in the power of pressure. I believe in the power of organizing. I believe in the power of solidarity. I was looking at Representative Honan and remembering the fight to save our branch libraries when we all came together and understood that they are a public good, a lifeline to and for the community, and so this is that same kind of fight. This is about livelihoods. This is about lives. This is about commerce. This is about connectivity. So that’s what brings us all here today. I’m so grateful for the leadership of everyone who has been named and who has not been named, I’m so grateful to our mayor for convening us, and certainly grateful to our Council President, President Breadon, who has been indefatigable, and that is what we need to be in this fight. Folks were shuddering a little bit. Maybe it’s a little chilly. It’s hot one second, cold the next. Yeah, welcome to perimenopause. But the point is, the point is, you might be a little uncomfortable, but deal with it, so that we are never complacent in our advocacy. I grew up in a family of proud letter carriers, postal workers, nurses, first responders. That was how we built the middle class. These good union jobs. They take pride in that work, no matter the weather, no matter the season, no matter the ingratitude, so that’s what brings us here today. So I thank you all for showing up, for giving a damn, to show your support for reopening your neighborhood’s post office, which has been closed since 2019. It is a shame, and the reason why we have to agitate, resist, and give our feedback, we see this is a very slippery slope because they’re trying to bring the same pain to Dorchester, which is why solidarity is so essential in this moment. But everyone here, your advocacy, your love of community is inspiring. Now, while this injustice has gone on for too long, you refuse, you accept it as an inevitability, and let it be quietly swept under the rug. So again, I say thank you to everyone, and especially to Scott Hoffman and all of our brothers and sisters at the American Postal Workers Union, who stand up every day for their members, as well as service and reliability for our neighbors. For the past seven years, Allston residents have gone without retail post office services and had to travel to Brighton, to Brookline, or Cambridge to do their daily business. In that time, USPS has made commitments to my office, my colleagues’ offices, and the folks living in this community that they were searching for a new location and would indeed reopen. There have been ups and downs, but finally, finally, it appeared we were close to having the branch reopen. A lease had been agreed to, construction plans were in place with the developer. Now we are told that this plan is to keep this branch permanently closed. This is unconscionable. This is unacceptable. With last week’s announcement of the quote-unquote “temporary” closure of the Fields Corner Post Office, I find it hard to believe that this is just a coincidence. And to be clear, these efforts to close our local branches are all part of a coordinated campaign. Y’all are tired of me saying it as the co-founder of the Stop Project 2025 Task Force, but it was all laid out. It was not a blueprint. It was a playbook. They want to privatize the USPS. They want to privatize these essential services that our constituents need every single day. The USPS has been serving our communities for 250 years, delivering our mail, our checks, our prescriptions, and our ballots. The dedicated carriers who are out on our sidewalks six days per week are members of our community. They know our neighbors, and they are the way folks most often interact with the federal government. These services are not nice to haves—they are must haves. And you, along with every other community, has come to depend upon them and rightly deserve them. These efforts to degrade and undermine the postal service are intended to exhaust you and your neighbors, so that you’ll give up and do your business somewhere else. Hell no, we won’t go. But the services provided by USPS are a public good and should not be left to billionaires and for-profit private corporations to play games with. Today, I’m proud to stand with Allston and everyone here, calling for the Postal Service to keep their word to this community. They must reverse the decision, work to reopen the Austin branch, and restore daily service. If they intend to follow through with this closure plan, they must give the community a way to have their voice heard, not simply hold a midday Zoom meeting when folks are at work or at school. The 87,000 Allston-Brighton residents, our neighbors in Fields Corner, folks in Somerville, Grove Hall, and Mission Hill all need and should have an accessible and conveniently located post office to do their business. So we will not stop advocating for what you deserve. Again, I believe in the power of pressure, of organizing, and of solidarity. We will not stop fighting the Republican campaign, because they are the architects of this, to privatize the postal service, and we will not stop fighting until Allston has a post office again. And now, as someone who comes from a long line of letter carriers, it is my privilege to introduce a man who fights for better service for our friends and neighbors every single day, national business agent for the American Postal Workers Union, Scott Hoffman. — Throughout her time in Congress, Congresswoman Pressley has championed for federal resources to support the United States Postal Service and its employees. In December 2024, in a  House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Pressley discussed the essential role that the United States Postal Service (USPS) plays in our communities and questioned USPS Postmaster General Louis DeJoy about the widespread delays and service failures that have severely impacted her constituents in the Massachusetts 7th. In October 2024, Rep. Pressley joined postal workers from the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) for a rally in Boston to sound the alarm about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) substandard performance and service to communities. In August 2024, Rep. Pressley joined Senator Markey on a letter urging USPS to re-open postal facilities and improve service , spotlighting a larger statewide problem with postal service in Massachusetts. On December 16, 2022, Rep. Pressley joined Reps. Lynch and Raskin in leading their colleagues on a letter urging the extension of COVID-19 workers’ compensation benefits for postal workers. On February 25, 2021, Rep. Pressley called for postal banking to advance racial and economic justice during a House Committee on Oversight hearing . On February 19, 2021, Rep. Pressley urged President Biden in a letter to replace Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and appoint a diverse United States Postal Service Board of Governors. On August 22, 2020, Rep. Pressley delivered remarks on the House floor slamming Republican attacks on the United States Postal Service and shared constituent stories. On August 21, 2020, Rep. Pressley and Rep. Payne lead their colleagues in a letter pushing party leadership to stand firm on postal service funding. On August 25, 2020, Rep. Pressley questioned Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the United States Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Robert Duncan about the harmful impact policy changes at USPS had on the workforce during a House Committee on Oversight hearing . On August 6, 2020, Rep. Pressley, and her colleagues sent a letter to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy expressing deep concerns about operational changes at the U.S. Postal Service that could have negative impacts on service standards and cause significant delays in mail delivery. On May 29, 2020, Rep. Pressley joined progressive Members of Congress in a letter urging House and Senate leadership to include public banking in COVID-19 response. ### Back to News Next Article Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email