City residents have a few days this week to respond to the city Department of Environmental Protection’s proposal to increase the water rate by 5.6 percent for Fiscal Year 2014.
Each borough gets a hearing; Brooklyn’s public hearing will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, April 30, at 7 p.m., at I.S. 228’s auditorium at 228 Avenue S in Gravesend.
Following the five public hearings, the Water Board will formally adopt a FY 2014 water rate on May 10, 2013, and the new rate will become effective on July 1, 2013.
For more information on this and hearings in other boroughs, visit www.nyc.gov/nycwaterboard.
The other public hearings are located at the following:
Staten Island
Monday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Joan and Alan Bernikow Jewish Community Center
1466 Manor Road
Bronx
Wednesday, May 1 at 7p.m.
Hostos Community College
Savoy Building – 2nd Floor
120 East 149th Street
Queens
Thursday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m.
LaGuardia Community College
45-50 Van Dam Street – Room E-242
Long Island City
Manhattan
Friday, May 3 at 1:30 p.m.
City Planning Department
22 Reade Street – Spector Hall
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