NYC water-bill scofflaws get reprieve as city aims to collect $1.2B from delinquent customers

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NYC water-bill scofflaws get reprieve as city aims to collect $1.2B from delinquent customers
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Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday that the program — which has collected $80 million of the $1.2 billion outstanding from customers since January — will now have a May 31 end date.

“[Y]ou don’t have to pay your bill all at once. If you can’t for whatever reason, we could put you on a payment plan,” Adams said at a City Hall press conference.

The program permits the waiver of interest payments up to 100% if a bill is paid in full; 75% if half the bill is covered, and 50% if a quarter is paid off. A water bill notice for D&D Building at 979 Third Ave. in Manhattan, which owes the city more than $400,000.“Those are real dollars – and we have to recoup them to continue the water service that we are providing,” he said.

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