City hit with bipartisan criticism for water rate hike
Lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle threw cold water on the city’s plans to raise H2O usage rates, as Democrats and Republicans alike blasted the idea at public hearings.
Councilman Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst) and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-C-Bay Ridge-Staten Island) both submitted testimony at public hearings last week. The New York City Water Board held hearings in all five boroughs.
Gentile, who testified at a hearing in Bensonhurst on April 30, told the water board that hiking the rates homeowners and property owners have to pay is a terrible idea.