If you’re a Niskayuna resident and you’re sandbagged by higher-than-expected water and sewer bills next year, this one might be on you this time.

Town officials were rightly criticized — excoriated might be a more accurate term — for their handling of the rollout of new water and sewer rates last year that resulted in some residents’ bills quadrupling.

While town officials followed all the correct procedures for approving the rate hikes, the criticism fell on their failure to remind residents at bill time that they’d approved the higher rates the previous spring, their reticence to make changes in order to soften the financial blow of the higher rates, and their arrogance and lack of........

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