The other day I was on 111th Ave E between 128th St E and 122nd St E when I saw a man picking up mail which had been scattered on the ground. I stopped and asked him what had happened and he pointed to a row of mailboxes on the other side of the street, with their lids open.  He said one of those boxes belonged to his daughter and he had found some of her mail in the pieces he was picking up.

Mail thieves are active all year and right now they are looking for IRS filings or refund checks.  Please make their jobs harder by picking up your mail as soon as you can and do not put out mail after the Postman has passed for the day.  If you have important mail, take it to the Post Office and drop it inside.