Water bills may go up by 5.6 percent
BY MELISA STUMPF AND JAY SHIN
Calling it the lowest increase in eight years, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) proposed on Friday, April 5, to increase water bill rates yet again, this time by 5.6 percent.
“Today we are able to propose a rate lower than we anticipated thanks in large part to our continued commitment to be more efficient and cut costs without sacrificing the quality of the services we provide to New Yorkers,” said DEP Commissioner Carter Strickland.