Assemblymember says mail, identity theft rampant in south Brooklyn
BY VICTOR PORCELLI
Overflowing mailboxes, lost checks and identity theft have plagued areas of south Brooklyn for some time. On Monday, Assemblymember William Colton called for the postal service to install theft-proof mailboxes to address the problem.
“There have been a number of problems with the United States Postal neighborhood mailboxes, where people’s identity have been stolen due to fishing in mailboxes,” Colton, who represents areas of Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Dyker Heights, said in a statement.