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But troubling new numbers indicate that cash-strapped homeowners are struggling to pay their bills.
Revenue from water was 11% below projections in the first 19 days of November, far below the first four months of the fiscal year, when it was just 1.4% short.
City officials told the Water Board on that more money may flow in before the end of November, bringing the total back in line. The number and amount of delinquent water bills are also lower than in the past, they said.
Still, the Department of Environmental Protection plans to send out thousands of past-due letters to customers at the end of the month - and is studying whether the economic crisis is hurting New Yorkers' ability to pay.
"As more people become affected by financial conditions ... we have to monitor how that's affecting their timeliness of payment," acting DEP Commissioner Steve Lawitts said. "It's something we monitor every day."
Left unsaid was the annual payment - $178.6 million this year and rising - that the city siphons from water bills to help balance the budget. The Bloomberg administration has indicated it will work to reduce the amount next year.
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Nov 21, 2008 at 08:22 AM wili Says:
What doesn't go up ?
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Nov 21, 2008 at 08:14 AM Anonymous Says:
I think its time to raise the water bills even more cause the city has no money
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Nov 21, 2008 at 08:36 AM Big Masmid Says:
Chazel say that Water is compared to Torah, we can all wish that our Torah learning will increase like the price of water.
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Nov 21, 2008 at 08:35 AM UBET Says:
#2 maybe make an appeal in shul for the City?
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Nov 21, 2008 at 10:40 AM moshe Says:
Thank you again Mayor Bloomberg for raising prices on something else once again.......
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Nov 21, 2008 at 10:37 AM Anonymous Says:
The city is quick to raise the rates, but waste plenty of water with their own neglect.
I have been reporting a leak in the road, gallons of water pouring through a crack, this has been going on for over a year but still has not been repaired, why should they care, the homeowners will be charged
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Nov 21, 2008 at 11:37 AM lower layer Says:
this isn't about water (so it doesn't matter to this matter that there are city-generated leaks). this is about money. charging for water is another tax.
did you notice that the city is using the income from water revenue to "help balance the budget"
politicians, even the best, can't (or don't) get themselves to change the infrastructre, setup and system of the bloated government. it's always - more money (either by printing, borrowing or fudging).
if the gov't would be run like a business, with analysis on every nickel SPENT, costs/overhead would plummet and thus the need for more income (your money) gone.
any and every gov't agency has too many (and of unqualified) people doing too little work and doing it poorly. if you are a gov't worker and do your job well, please acknowledge you are an exception. contracts are awarded to friends, include kickbacks, inflated bills. things that are unnecessary get done.
the misconception is that the gov't bank account is there to be pilfered. doing so is like robbing a bank - the same bank that holds your own account.
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Nov 21, 2008 at 12:01 PM Anonymous Says:
There goes Bloomie again. trying to drive the average person out of the city. Where does Councilman Felder stand on this issue.
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Nov 21, 2008 at 01:28 PM Anonymous Says:
“ this isn't about water (so it doesn't matter to this matter that there are city-generated leaks). this is about money. charging for water is another tax.
did you notice that the city is using the income from water revenue to "help balance the budget"
politicians, even the best, can't (or don't) get themselves to change the infrastructre, setup and system of the bloated government. it's always - more money (either by printing, borrowing or fudging).
if the gov't would be run like a business, with analysis on every nickel SPENT, costs/overhead would plummet and thus the need for more income (your money) gone.
any and every gov't agency has too many (and of unqualified) people doing too little work and doing it poorly. if you are a gov't worker and do your job well, please acknowledge you are an exception. contracts are awarded to friends, include kickbacks, inflated bills. things that are unnecessary get done.
the misconception is that the gov't bank account is there to be pilfered. doing so is like robbing a bank - the same bank that holds your own account.
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Couldn't say it better
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Nov 21, 2008 at 02:39 PM Raphael Moeller Says:
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They tell us to conserve water,The less we use,the more they charge.Either way,it will cost more. If you use a lot you pay a lot,if you use a little,you pay higher price!!
Comment by proud of KAJ WH TIDE — November 21, 2008 @ 12:17 pm
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Good, old Mayor Bloomberg; always ready to make a buck wherever he sees an opportunity