From now through the New Year, several hundred thousand letters and packages will be processed daily at the U.S. Postal Service's massive processing center in Melville, Long Island.
Post offices all over the nation are ramping up service to make sure your Christmas presents get delivered on time. FOX 5 NY goes behind the scenes to look at the action on Long Island.
Mail carriers are busy during the day but employees on the night tour have to hustle because that is when the majority of the daily mail is finalized and dispatched to post offices for delivery. The 1-million-square-foot facility is where all of Suffolk County's mail and the outgoing mail for Nassau County is processed., the team of 1,300 grows by an additional 70 seasonal employees.
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