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Schumer urges U.S. to pay water plant settlement

Sen. Charles Schumer is criticizing the U.S. Department of Justice for stalling a settlement to build a South Farmingdale Water District treatment plant, a delay the district says could cause a rate hike for customers.

Chemicals from a former naval weapons depot at the Northrop Grumman Corp. property in Bethpage threaten to pollute district wells, district officials said. The Navy and the...

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