Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer argued Sunday that New Yorkers’ financial tanks are running on empty thanks to the sharp rise in gas prices since last year, and the lawmaker called for federal action to ease the pain.
Standing in the shadow of the Mobil gas station on 13th Street and 8th Avenue in the West Village, where a gallon of 87 octane gasoline costs a staggering $4.33 a gallon, Schumer charged that drivers are getting drained by the inflated fuel costs. Soaring in price from $2.12 last year for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel to $3.42 and even higher in Manhattan in 2021, Schumer says the gasoline is too darn high.
