Legal Opinion
Waterbury v. City of Oswego
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided June 10, 1998PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Judgment unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: On June 8, 1992, the City of Oswego Common Council passed a resolution providing that “the late fee for past due water bills in the City of Oswego shall be ten percent (10%) per month.” The stated purpose of the resolution was “to decrease the amount of unpaid water bills within the City of Oswego.” The amount of the total unpaid water bills and the accumulated late fees at year-end are added to the owner’s property tax.
We reject plaintiffs contention that the late fee of 10% per month is unreasonable. A municipality that operates its…
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