NY cracks down on gas price gouging after Sandy
ALBANY — Twenty-five gas stations have settled price-gouging claims made against them immediately after Superstorm Sandy hit New York, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced Thursday.
The stations settled for a total of $167,850 and investigations are pending against dozens of others, Schneiderman said. He said he would sue four more companies that he accuses of participating in some of the biggest jumps in gas prices in state history.
Schneiderman told The Associated Press that the action is part of his continuing investigation into claims of jacking up gas prices in New York City, its suburbs and on Long Island immediately after Sandy slammed the region last fall.