Bonacic opposes O&R rate hike proposal

ALBANY – State Senator John Bonacic (R, Mt. Hope) has announced his opposition to the proposed rate increase plan by Orange and Rockland Utilities.
“While I understand the need to maintain and upgrade infrastructure, I am opposed to increasing customer costs in order to do so,” he said in a letter to the State Public Service Commission. “With taxpayers struggling to make ends meet, the municipalities and school districts abiding by the state tax cap, a utility rate hike is an unnecessary burden on our communities.”
Bonacic urged O&R to meet their infrastructure improvement needs “through cost-cutting measures, much like their customers have been forced to do with their household budgets.”