New York AttorneyGeneral Letitia James announced the donation of more than 600 cases of babyformula worth over $90,000 from supplier Marine Park Distribution, Inc. (MarinePark) for families in the Capital Region. The donation of five pallets of babyformula is part of the $675,000 worth of formula that Attorney GeneralJames secured as a result of the Office of the Attorney General’s (OAG)investigation into Marine Park and its affiliate Formula Depot, Inc. (FormulaDepot) for illegal price gouging during the nationwide formula shortage in2022. At times, Marine Park doubled the price of a can of formula,charging its customers up to $36 for a can of formula that cost $18 before theshortage. The donation was delivered to the Regional Food Bank in Latham to bedistributed to families in the Capital Region. “Businesses cannot takeadvantage of an emergency to jack up prices for essential goods and rip off NewYorkers. Marine Park and Formula Depot’s price gouging put families at risk,and today we’re ensuring New Yorkers in need get justice. This formula willbenefit families across the Capital Region, and I will continue to enforce ourlaws to protect New Yorkers from price gouging.” – AG James