New York – New York City is proposing a 3.35 percent water and sewer rate increase.
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It would be the lowest hike since fiscal 2006.
Mayor Bill de Blasio told the Wall Street Journal (http://on.wsj.com/1lDQSdC ) that his proposal was “moving things in the right direction.”
During the mayoral campaign, he had criticized Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposal for a 5.6 percent water-rate hike.
The Water Board is to receive the proposal on Wednesday. It plans to hold public hearings in each borough in May and vote on the proposal May 23. If approved, the new rate would take effect July 1.
A single-family homeowner would see a boost from $992 to $1,025 a year. The increase for a multifamily home with metered billing would go up from $645 to $666 a year per unit.
I cant wait for my voice to be heard at the public hearing because it matters
Just wait and see, this is just the beginning of the deBlasio hikes…
The DEP is another example of a useless overpaid, overspent big-gov org….
No wonder they constantly have to raise the costs…
Another raise of prices ,while the s.s. checks give %1 increase if any.
Why not raise it again? The cost over-runs on the new water tunnel ,just keep going up & up ,& we’ve only gotten an increase what…11 times in 12 years !!!! Just keep taxing us ,We have plenty of $$$$ .
Long overdue, the city, the state and the nation needs to fix all those old pipes and stuff that were installed by our grandfathers.