In March, as Mayor Eric Adams began an aggressive crackdown on New York City landlords who were behind on water bill payments, a public school safety agent and her family were presented with a brand-new $24,000 water bill.
The city may also be targeting homeowners who are aging, taking care of young children or suffering from serious medical problems, in defiance of state and city regulations that aim to protect vulnerable New Yorkers.
The crackdown by the city's Department of Environmental Protection comes as it is struggling to fund its vast portfolio, a task made more difficult by the mayor's diversion of more than $1.4 billion from the department to other city needs.
The environmental agency's demands are pressing: It must maintain the water and sewer systems, while also making the city less susceptible to flash flooding, a phenomenon that is growing more common with climate change.
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