(MERRICK, N.Y.) – On Thursday, Aug. 15, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) approved Liberty Water’s request for a three-year rate hike. In Merrick, customers will experience a 9.2 percent increase this year and 4.5 percent hikes in both 2026 and 2027. In response to the decision, Nassau County Legislator Seth I. Koslow (D – Merrick) issued the following statement:
“Responsibility for another Liberty Water rate hike falls squarely upon the shoulders of the South Nassau Water Authority,” Nassau County Legislator Seth I. Koslow (D – Merrick) said. “Because efforts to establish a public water authority have proceeded at a glacial pace over the last three years, Liberty had an opportunity to hit its already overcharged and underserved ratepayers with yet another rate hike. It is long past time for the South Nassau Water Authority’s board members to do their jobs by breaking Liberty’s monopoly on this essential resource and delivering on our collective demands for affordable, high quality public water.”