Nov 2, 2012

Many Field Offices Closed Indefinitely

     From a Social Security Administration website:
The following offices will open at 10 am ET today, November 2, 2012:
New Jersey
Somerville
New York
Freeport
Mineola
Patchogue
Riverhead
West Babylon
Melville
The following office is closing at 10 am ET  today, November 2, 2012:
New Jersey
Toms River
The following Social Security Offices are closed today, November 2, 2012:
New Jersey
Bricktown
Hackensack
Hoboken
Jersey City
Neptune
New Brunswick
Parsippany
New York
Hunts Point
Hylan Boulevard
Laconia Avenue

Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg
Fairless Hills

The following Social Security Offices are closed indefinitely:
New York
Astoria Long Island City
Avenue X Manhattan Card Center
Bedford Heights Melville
Boro Hall Midtown
Bronx Card Center Mineola
Bronx Hub New Utrecht
Brooklyn Card Center North Bronx
Bushwick Patchogue
Canarsie Queens Card Center
Cypress Hills Rego Park
Downtown Riverhead
Dunkirk South Bronx
East Bronx Staten Island
East Harlem Uptown
East Village Washington Heights
Flatbush West Babylon
Flushing West Farms
Freeport West Seneca
Grand Central White Plains
Jamaica Williamsburg

The following Social Security Office is closed until further notice:
Massachusetts
Roxbury
      Is there damage to the offices that are closed indefinitely? If so, this is a serious situation. I hope it's just lack of power. I've been through a long power outage. It's tough but flooded offices are much worse. Good luck to all involved in straightening out this situation.

     Update: The lists above are confused. All the New York offices listed as reopening today are also on the "closed indefinitely" list! The Jamaica office is shown as closed indefinitely but is this just the field office or is the payment center included? An indefinite shutdown at the Jamaica payment center would truly be a disaster for Social Security.

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