The streets may not be paved with gold, but it must flow through the sewers.
A senior sewer worker clocked more than 2,000 hours of overtime last year — the only city employee to break that barrier — and walked off with $197,119 on a base salary of $81,662 in the fiscal year ending June 30.
Records released yesterday show that the Department of Environmental Protection’s Christopher Carlson worked an average of more than 80 hours every week, putting in 2,109 hours of overtime on top of his 2,091 hours of regular time.
A sewage colleague, Nicholas Krtikos, squeezed in 1,782 OT hours to pull in $178,011 on the same $81,662 base salary.
Ed Norton, eat your heart out!
Officials said Carlson is stationed at the Owls Head Wastewater Treatment Plant in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, which requires coverage by a senior sewage worker 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
“We only have three of these workers,” explained one official. “Sure, they might be getting more overtime, but you eliminate the need for extra pension and health benefits [by not hiring additional workers].”