Washington, D.C. — In response to news that the New York Junk Fee Prevention Act (S7783) has unanimously passed the Senate Consumer Protection Committee, The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement.

“Deceptive junk fees charged by big corporations cost the average American family thousands of dollars per year. We’re thrilled to see the New York Senate take a step toward banning them,” said Pat Garofalo, Director of State and Local Policy at the American Economic Liberties Project. “Consumers and local businesses deserve fair prices, not bogus fees for nothing. We urge the legislature to pass the New York Junk Fee Prevention Act without delay, and look forward to other states moving on similar legislation.”

To learn more about how state lawmakers and advocates can work to ban junk fees, RSVP for our January 18th virtual workshop: “How States Can Throw Junk Fees in the Trash.”

Read our full policy brief, “How States Can Take on Junk Fees,” here.

Learn more about Economic Liberties here.

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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.