An audit by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey found that airports in New York can charge up to $28 for a single beer.
The audit was posted last summer.
25 customers were charged between $23 and $27 for a seasonal beer at the airport, according to an audit by the Port Authority Office of the Inspector General.
The audit was started by a July 21, 2021, message from Cooper Lund, who showed a list of beers that included a Samuel Adams Summer Ale priced at $27.85. The beers were subject to a recovery charge that didn't go to employees.
—Cooper Lund (@cooperlund) July 7, 2021
The City reported that the Port Authority had asked OTG management, which owns eateries in LaGuardia, JFK, and Newark airports, to audit its menu prices, including the $28 Sam Adams, which the company said was a mistake.
Insider made requests for comment outside normal working hours, but the OTG and OIG didn't respond immediately.
At the time, an OTG spokesman told The City that the beer and fries prices at Newark were incorrect and that they were quickly corrected to $18.15.
The in-house menu teams have been working diligently to ensure that all restaurants are rendered correctly because of the posted-pricing issues.
The new policy will cap beers in New York airports at local, off-airport and street prices.
The Port Authority board chairman said that nobody should have to pay that much for a beer.
The new compliance and enforcement measures announced by the Aviation Department make it clear that all prices at concessions will be monitored to ensure they are in line with the regional marketplace.
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