AG Letitia James Stops Discriminatory Car Wash Scam In Rockland County

By Idy Perl

NY Attorney General Letitia James announced yesterday that her office stopped Super 4 Seasons, the car wash at the Shell gas station located at 68 Route 59 in Spring Valley, from running a discriminatory scam that targeted Jewish customers preparing for Pesach.

An Office of the Attorney General investigation found that in the weeks leading up to Pesach Super 4 Seasons advertised a “Passover Special” cleaning promotion that cost more than three times the standard price for the same service. Attorney General James is requiring Super 4 Seasons to immediately stop promoting or offering any discriminatory car wash special and, if the company fails to do so, pay a $75,000 penalty.

This comes after AG James issued a consumer alert last week for Jewish customers to be on the lookout for unfair car wash pricing in the weeks leading up to Pesach. 

“Targeting Jewish New Yorkers with deceptive pricing around Passover is a clear act of religious discrimination and will not be tolerated,”Attorney General James said . “Every New Yorker, regardless of their faith, deserves to be treated fairly and equally. My office will not hesitate to hold businesses accountable when they exploit families’ religious observance.”