March 24, 2021
New York City can continue handing out pandemic-related price-gouging penalties as it sees fit while battling a $50 million suit accusing the city of imposing unconstitutionally high fines on those hawking supplies such as face masks and hand sanitizer, a federal court said.
March 19, 2021
New York City authorities have unconstitutionally imposed excessive COVID-19 price-gouging fines without due process on "potentially tens of thousands of individuals and businesses" that sell face masks and other pandemic supplies, according to a proposed $50 million class action filed in federal court.