Nassau pols urge extending ban on gas zone pricing
Quick ReadNassau County legislators called on the State Senate to in extending the ban on zone pricing for gasoline.
Photo credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan | Nassau County Legislator Kevan Abrahams speaks at the public hearing on the proposed Lighthouse Project held at Hofstra University. (July 4, 2009)
Two Nassau County legislators Thursday called on the State Senate to join the Assembly in extending the ban on zone pricing for gasoline, which they said unfairly charges more in well-to-do communities than in those less so.
"Oil companies charge what they think is the ability to pay in certain areas, dubbed zones, and the state recently banned that - but refineries and distributors were not...
