? Drivers are fuming over high gas prices that topped $4.00 for regular unleaded at one Brooklyn Heights station.
The price crept back down at the Gulf station Wednesday, but consumers say it?s still too high. The average price in the city is about $3.00 per gallon of regular unleaded, leaving many drivers to get creative. One man filled up his tank at the Gulf station with just enough gas to get him to another gas station with cheaper prices.
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the jump at the pump. Schumer questions whether the increase is legitimate or the result of refineries purposely lowering oil production to create high demand. Workers at the Gulf station say the price increase is due to a rise in fuel delivery costs.