NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City is warning businesses to pay their water bills or have their service turned off.
Department of Environmental Protection notices to more than 30 companies say they'll lose service Oct. 29 unless they pay up.
The DEP has a new initiative to increase collection rates. In the past, it only turned off the spigots when leaking pipes threatened surrounding buildings.
The DEP says Pitkin Real Property Inc. in Brooklyn owes the most -- $103,763.82.
A man who says he owns the company complains that the DEP hasn't returned his calls.
Says the man, who identifies himself as K. Kim: "We are willing to pay. ... The problem is, we didn't receive the bill for six months.''
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