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Mount Vernon Mayor: 'Half Of DPW Fleet Down' Due To Comptroller, Unpaid Bills Mount Vernon Mayor: 'Half Of DPW Fleet Down' Due To Comptroller, Unpaid Bills
Mount Vernon Mayor: 'Half Of DPW Fleet Down' Due To Comptroller, Unpaid Bills Political strife may be leading to diminished services for residents in Mount Vernon, according to Mayor Richard Thomas. “Due to Comptroller Deborah Reynolds’ refusal to pay the city’s bills, vendors who supply the Department of Public Works with crucial parts that are necessary to keep Mount Vernon’s aging fleet operational have cut the city off. Without these parts and supplies, DPW mechanics cannot perform critical repairs, which means when trucks go down, they stay down,” Thomas said on Thursday. According to Thomas, eight of the DPW’s 17 sanitation trucks are currently out of commissio…

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