NY Postal Worker Stabbed, Killed

Postal workers have to deal with a lot of stress on the job. These workers travel in rain, snow, ice, hail, and extreme temperatures to ensure you get your mail in a timely fashion. They also deal with vicious dogs and people trying to kill them.

Sadly, just two days into the new year, a postal worker in New York was killed. A letter carrier assigned to Manhattan was the victim of a homicide. It was already the third homicide in New York City in 2025.

The 36-year-old man was working when he stopped into the deli on Lennox Avenue in Harlem. According to witnesses, the letter carrier stepped in front of a woman who was already in line and she “went crazy.” The woman stabbed the letter carrier multiple times in the stomach. The letter carrier was taken to Harlem Hospital, where he later died. A person was taken into police custody and the knife was recovered from the scene, but no criminal charges have been filed yet.

Letter carriers are facing increased attacks. Just in Chicago alone in the past two years, more than 140 letter carriers were the victims of crime. Because of this, lawmakers are calling for postal officials and law enforcement agencies to come together and address the current postal worker crisis.

Officials are being asked to take more action to protect postal workers. One idea is to increase criminal penalties for those assaulting postal workers in the course of their work. Also, cities and states are being asked to ban cluster box units. Cluster boxes are usually located outside of apartment buildings and are appealing to criminals because there are many mailboxes in one spot. Many pieces of mail contain checks or credit card information. They often use a single arrow key system that letter carriers have on them, so criminals will attack the workers to get to the keys.

In fact, the National Association of Letter Carriers has advocated for door-to-door delivery on multiple occasions. It remains the preferred delivery method to best serve the needs of customers as well as keep postal workers safe.

New bills were introduced in Congress to address these concerns. The Protect Our Letter Carriers Act would prioritize the federal prosecution of offenders and seek harsher sentencing for crimes involving the robbery and assault of letter carriers. It would also provide resources to replace the current blue collection boxes with electronic versions that have enhanced security.

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Incidents like this will hopefully force lawmakers and postal agencies to do more to protect postal workers. Nobody should have to worry about being killed in their line of work, but unfortunately, it’s becoming an all too common situation among many classes of workers.

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