People v. Beach Boys Equipment Co.

Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs and matter remitted to Supreme Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Supreme Court properly granted the petition alleging that respondent violated General Business Law § 396-r by charging unconscionably excessive prices for 5,000 watt Devilbiss electric generators in the Watertown area following the January 1998 ice storm. It is undisputed that respondent charged $1,200 for the generators, while other retailers in the trade area charged less than one half of that price. We reject…