storm price gouging News

State authorities say a northern New Jersey hotel will pay $110,000 to resolve claims that the business gouged dozens of customers following Superstorm Sandy. Acting Attorney General John Hoffman announced the settlement with the Comfort Suites hotel in Mahwah on …

A New York judge has ordered an upstate tree removal company to stop trying to collect payments from customers state officials say were gouged for work after Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says the decision came …