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Delinquency research · dataset 2026.08

Shut-off and delinquency information for New York City Department of Environmental Protection – Bureau of Customer Services / NYC Water Board

Only provider-specific public findings are stated as policy. A missing field is not replaced with a rule borrowed from another utility.

Provider-specific findings

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The notes below may document a rule or explain a specific public-information limit. Any active notice and direct provider confirmation remain controlling.

Grace period
0 days are stated as a general grace period: the bill’s printed due date controls, and DEP says late-payment charges apply to delinquent charges. Special rules can suspend late charges for 90 days on certain AMR catch-up bills, and DEP may adjust a due date in specified escrow or retroactive-billing situations; those exceptions are not a universal grace period.
Late-fee rules
DEP assesses late-payment charges on delinquent charges, fees, dishonored-payment charges, and prior late charges. The current DEP billing page lists annualized interest of 6% for properties with billable assessed value of $250,000 or less (or qualifying cooperatives at or below $250,000 per unit), 9% for values above $250,000 through $450,000, and 16% above $450,000; the applicable annual rate is used to calculate late interest on the outstanding balance. The Water Board rate schedule also provides special suspension or due-date rules for qualifying catch-up and retroactive bills.
Shut-off timeline
DEP’s current public notice says a water shut-off notice may be issued when a delinquent account balance has remained unpaid for more than one year. The enforcement progression is: chronic delinquency and prior written warning; a Water Shut Off Notice gives the date by which full payment or a qualifying payment-agreement down payment must be received; if the deadline passes, service may be terminated; restoration requires the entire account balance or an approved payment agreement with at least a 25% down payment, plus the $1,000 termination fee. DEP does not publish a universal calendar day from the original bill due date because notice timing and account type control the schedule.
Warning and notice protocol
The process is written and property-specific. DEP sends a Water Shut Off Warning or Water Shut Off Notice showing the service address and a deadline; enforcement materials state that the City may mail warning letters and post a shut-off notice on the property’s front door and mark the street at the shut-off location. The current page also provides medical, age-62-or-older, disability, and child-under-six exemption routes: customers must contact the Collections Unit at 718-595-7890 and submit supporting documentation to watershutoff@dep.nyc.gov. DEP’s current public materials do not describe a text-message sequence or automated call campaign.
Reconnection costs
A $1,000 termination fee is required when service has been shut off for delinquent charges, in addition to paying the entire balance or entering a qualifying payment agreement with the required down payment. After payment or agreement execution, the customer must call 718-595-7890 to request restoration. The current DEP notice does not publish a separate standard-hours versus after-hours reconnection fee or an overnight/weekend surcharge; restoration timing is handled through the Collections Unit and the notice instructions.

Documentation context

5 of 5 fields found

This is a record-completeness measure, not a customer-protection grade.

New York

21%

records with any shut-off detail

National

34%

records with any shut-off detail

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Research record

Broad public detail found

5 of 5 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.

Documented

100%

Primary verification routes

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