Bottled water and water coolers are draining taxpayer money and should be banned from city offices, two councilmen say.
“Water is one resource we have plenty of [and] is essentially free and available,” Eric Gioia (D-Queens) said yesterday.
He and Councilman Simcha Felder (D-Brooklyn) plan to introduce a bill on Dec. 9 to ban city agencies from buying bottled water and coolers that use water from large bottles.
They said taxpayers could save $2 million a year by having municipal offices switch to systems that filter tap water.
“It is hypocritical for the city to buy bottled water while urging New Yorkers to drink tap,” Felder said.
Mayor Bloomberg has already begun curbing bottled-water use by installing nine filtering devices in his office, spokesman Jason Post said.