Community Corner
Can You Handle a Water Rate Hike?
Paying more at the pump, and not the one you're thinking of.
With the revelation last week that the Department of Environmental Protection was proposing a water rate increase for the coming fiscal year, a lot of residents in co-ops and houses are concerned.
Already rising gas prices, a possible increase in subway fare and more have city residents clutching at their wallets.
How would you handle the proposed seven percent increase in the water rate? Is now really the time for the city to be raising the cost of something so crucial to the health of city residents?
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