"Taking advantage of someone's religious observances and practices is offensive, discriminatory and absolutely unacceptable.”
New York Attorney General Letitia James, regarding reports of car wash businesses, largely in predominantly Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods, raising prices by as much as 50 percent for Jewish customers ahead of Passover. As part of the holiday, Jews traditionally avoid eating foods made from leavened grain and many partake in cleaning their homes, cars and other spaces of all “chametz.” (NPR — March 22, 2023)