MINEOLA N.Y. Legislators in New York's Nassau County have proposed a law that would require restaurateurs to list the prices of daily specials.
Harvey Levinson, chairman of the county's Board of Assessors, initiated the proposal and suggested that it be adopted statewide. He said in a statement on Nassau County's official website that "a patron’s heartburn is limited to the food they eat, not the price they pay."
Levinson said restaurants also should be required to list prices for desserts, cocktails and coffee.
County legislator David Denenberg is sponsoring the legislation, according to the statement.
Chuck Hunt, executive vice president of the New York City chapter of the New York State Restaurant Association, told The New York Times that while he thought giving prices is good business, “it’s beyond the purview of a legislative body to get that far into managing restaurants.”
Nassau County is located just east of New York City on Long Island.