Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla has over 300 parking violations in his name on public record, many dismissed. A spokesman says a letter pointing it out is a political stunt.
The flight departed a downtown Manhattan heliport around 3 p.m. and lasted less than 18 minutes. Radar data showed it flew north along the Manhattan skyline and then back south toward the Statue of Liberty.
The USPS carrier was held up in the area of Constitution Court in The Sovereign high-rise apartment complex on the Hoboken waterfront, according to officials.