New Yorkers have been getting gouged for years. They should be used it by now.
Price gouging laws are stupid. Prices are just a reflection of real value and supply and demand. If people were allowed to truck in supplies and make a profit, then in short order, supplies would increase and the high prices would start to fall. Price gouging laws are the same as price controls, and they cause shortages just as price controls do. Let the market work.