A HIDDEN home hookup could cost homeowners thousands as the city moves to crack down on rain gutters that feed straight into the sewer.
Officials warn the penalties can climb as high as $8,000 for repeat offenders under a so-called “gutter law,” and homeowners may have to pay out of pocket to fix it.
New York City residents are being told to check their downspouts – the pipes that carry rainwater off a roof – before the next big downpour.
The NYC Department of Environmental Protection says it will start enforcing a rule that bans downspouts connected to the sanitary sewer system, blaming those hookups for neighborhood flooding and basement back-ups…