Fliers placed in mailboxes without postage? Under 18 U.S.C. 1725, mailboxes are federal property, and only authorized personnel, such as postal workers, are permitted to place items within them. Grandpa might get a visit from Homeland Security.
Seeking to find out for themselves what was going on, residents organized a bankruptcy hearing watch party in a common area on May 19. A flier was created with details and distributed to residents’ mailboxes, located in the lobby of the building. The fliers soon disappeared, pulled by staff on the orders of corporate managers, according to a resident who spoke to staff.
Residents protested, but say staff members refused to put the fliers back. After more protests, the watch party was allowed to take place in the common area.
“This is CENSORSHIP,” a resident wrote afterward in an email to Joanne Getas, an ombudsman from the Alliance on Aging, adding that it was a “violation of our constitutional right to information… We can’t have a dictatorship here.”