Editor’s Note: Steve Hutkins, a literature professor at New York University, runs a blog, ​“Save The Post Office,” cataloging the ways the United States Postal Service is consolidating its operations nationwide. In the post excerpted below, Hutkins says the planned sale of the Derby post office may be against the law. CLICK HERE for the initial Valley Indy story.
On Monday, the Postal Service announced that ​“it is considering plans” to sell the historic post office in Derby, Connecticut. Such a sale requires a formal review process, and the Postal Service has taken the first steps in that process by informing city officials and the public of its plans.
The process involves a fairly complicated legal procedure, and it will take some time, at least a couple of months, before a final decision is made and the building is actually put up for sale. That’s why it comes as something of a surprise to see the Derby post office already listed on the ​“USPS Properties for Sale” website.