Syracuse Post Office Gets a New Name: Facility Designated the 'Wallie Howard Jr. Post Office Building'

This legislation is about as straightforward as it gets. It takes the U.S. Postal Service facility located at 2200 South Salina Street in Syracuse, New York, and officially renames it the “Wallie Howard Jr. Post Office Building.” That’s the entire scope of the bill: a name change for one specific federal building. The bill also mandates that any official government reference—from maps and regulations to documents and records—must now recognize the facility by its new name.

The Administrative Shift

For regular folks, this bill doesn’t change your mail delivery, your stamp prices, or the hours the post office is open. It’s a purely administrative and ceremonial act. Think of it like changing the name on a company’s headquarters—the building is the same, but the official designation is updated. The real work happens behind the scenes in federal offices, where staff now need to update their databases and legal texts to reflect the new designation (Sec. 1).

Real-World Impact: Minimal, But Meaningful

While this bill has no direct impact on your wallet or daily life, these types of designations are important for honoring individuals. Wallie Howard Jr.’s name will now be permanently attached to a piece of federal infrastructure in Syracuse. The only practical effect for the public is that if you needed to reference the facility in an official capacity, you would need to use the new name. For the Postal Service itself, it means a minor procedural cost to ensure all internal and external documents are consistent, but no major operational changes are involved. It’s a clean, simple change that focuses entirely on recognition and nomenclature.