Laundering shirts? Staten Island women will pay more
Malena Carollo | Staten Island Advance

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In an informal survey the Advance conducted of 30 laundry and dry cleaning shops in the borough, 19 charged more to launder and press a woman’s Oxford button-down shirt than for the same man’s Oxford.

Pricing based on gender is more than just frustrating at the register — it’s illegal.

Chapter Five of Title 20 in the New York City administrative code outlaws different pricing per gender and requires all prices be posted.

The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) enforces fair pricing.

“The most basic consumer right is one and the same with the most basic civil right: you cannot be treated differently based upon who you are,” DCA spokesperson Katyusca Abreu said in an email.

“That’s why Consumer Affairs is so vigilant about ensuring that all prices are posted,” Ms. Abreu said via email, “so people are all charged the same thing, and that those prices not be based upon a person’s gender.”

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