NEW YORK - December 21, 2011 -  You may have noticed someone lurking around your street after normal business hours. No need for alarm. It’s just your postal carrier.

The U.S. Postal Service is delivering mail after dark as a way to cut down on its debt. It’s something most people aren’t used to seeing, but it could soon be a common sight all over the area.

“The morale? Let’s see, I started in ’85 … The morale … the morale is the lowest I’ve ever seen it,” said one postal worker.

These are hard times for the USPS and its carriers - like one who wanted to talk about the changes but didn’t want to identify himself for fear of losing his job.

“We have no choice. They’re making cuts,” one night mailman said.

In the last few years, the Postal Service has consolidated 500 routes in the Tri-State area. Post Office workers have seen their already long routes grow even longer, forcing them to work into the night under what some say are dangerous conditions.

“It’s crazy because you can’t see the mail. It’s pitch black. You can’t see the mail from the streetlights. You can’t see where you’re walking; you could hurt yourself, trip like that,” said a postal worker.

Larry Cirelli said he’s worries about what’s next.

“It’s quite dangerous. You don’t want to be at the wrong spot at the wrong time and ring the wrong doorbell,” Cirelli said.