Schumer vows to fight Aqua New York's proposed rate hike
Sen. Charles Schumer vowed Monday to fight a rate hike proposed by the private water company that serves 45,000 customers in Nassau County - residents who he says pay as much as five times the rate of neighbors served by public water districts.
Schumer (D-N.Y.), joined by Nassau Legis. David Denenberg (D-Merrick) outside the home of a Merrick civic leader, said he would call state Public Service...