"About half of the companies that deliver home heating oil to New Yorkers failed at least one inspection of truck gauges meant to ensure residents get the fuel they pay for, an analysis of records shows. More than 330,000 households in New York City - primarily in The Bronx and Manhattan - rely on home fuel oil to heat their homes during the winter. To make sure customers are not shortchanged, each year the New York Department of Consumer and Worker Protection inspects the gauges of all delivery trucks. Since mid-2023, inspectors have flunked the gauges on one in every 10 trucks they checked."
"The Staten Island-based company declined to comment. Logic Fuel Transportation failed eight out of 20 inspections. The company, based in Lake Carmel, N.Y., with a mailing address in The Bronx, faces 11 administrative charges of failing to submit a vehicle for inspection and one charge of tampering with a security seal on a meter after inspection. The outcomes are pending."
About half of companies that deliver home heating oil in New York City failed at least one truck gauge inspection intended to ensure accurate fuel delivery. More than 330,000 households, especially in the Bronx and Manhattan, depend on home fuel oil for winter heating. The New York Department of Consumer and Worker Protection inspects delivery truck gauges annually, and since mid-2023 inspectors failed one in ten trucks checked. Ownership records show 55% of fuel oil delivery companies had at least one inspection failure in the past two years. Several companies faced multiple failures and administrative charges, including accusations of not submitting vehicles for inspection and tampering with meter seals.
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