The Social Security Office in Poughkeepsie has made the DOGE Wall of Receipts, as first reported by WAMC. The lease for it, listed at $359,135/year, is slated to end July 31, 2025. It is one of 47 Social Security offices that are on list thus far.

Lease for the Poughkeepsie, NY Social Security office on the DOGE website.

White Plains' lease, valued at $511,908, is scheduled to end on May 31, 2025. The DOGE website says that the Lease termination notice was sent on 1/29/2025. DOGE projects the savings to be $262,689. It is not clear who is feeling this savings, since people cannot access a service at the office they paid for with their taxes.

Lease for the White Plains, NY Social Security office on the DOGE website.

The Social Security office in Horseheads, NY is also on the list, valued at $311,690 and a "savings" is listed for $1,558,450. The note on that "receipt" is: "Agency response on no longer a need for space provided by Portfolio. This payment assumes a 5-year continuation of the lease."

Lease for the Horseheads, NY Social Security office on the DOGE website.

Says Senator Rob Rolison who represents Beacon and used to be the Mayor of Poughkeepsie is quoted by WAMC as having said: "The public, they have a right to have clear and accurate information as it relates to government services. It’s like, ‘Maybe we’re gonna plow the roads today, or maybe [not]?' It’s not fair. Savings are great, especially when it comes to government. But when we’re talking about Social Security, people deserve better."

Or people deserve what they are currently paying for.

The Social Security office in Newburgh closed last June 2024. While the initial closure notice that was given for the Poughkeepsie office was that it was going to be temporary and done for renovations, there is no evidence of renovations having taken place. The phone number to the Poughkeepsie office routes in a robotic circle, eventually landing a caller in West Nyack, the office for which is also temporarily closed for renovations. According to WAMC, the Kingston Social Security office closed for "temporary renovations" years ago and never reopened.

Congressman Pat Ryan, whose district includes Beacon, has been suspicious of the renovations. Congressman Ryan spoke with WAMC last Friday, saying that this closure is what he feared: "“This will deeply harm so many of my constituents, so many people in the Hudson Valley that count on being able to go to an office to access the benefits that they have worked their whole lives to earn."

As reported by WAMC: "New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to Acting SSA Commissioner Lee Dudek this week asking him to reconsider closing the hub, which serves as a central point the Hudson Valley. James says the White Plains office currently has a backlog of roughly 2,000 cases, and that ‘eliminating the office would exacerbate the problem and harm even more vulnerable New Yorkers.’”

Closing these buildings feels like when the Post Offices were closing or experiencing severe staff reductions, including at the Beacon location.

Currently, the offices in Peekskill or Middletown are the closest to Beacon.