On March 14th, Scarsdale Village sent a letter stating the new proposed water rates. The base rate went up over 12% and the excess rate was cut by almost 4%.
When a number of us wrote the mayor and the village about the reasons why the excess rate was cut, we were all told that Scarsdale was passing along an excess rate reduction granted by New York City. We now know this is NOT true. The city has not changed its rates in three years. The official village explanation for decreasing the base rate has now changed at least three times…Read More