Queens Tow Company Hit with Lawsuit

A Queen’s tow company was hit with a class-action suit claiming that it monopolized tow services on Big Apple highways and ripped off thousands of motorists.  

The suit seeks more than $58 million in damages from several parties, including Runway Towing Corp. for allegedly running an illegal “racketeering enterprise” at the expense of unsuspecting motorists. The suit also accuses the NYPD of repeatedly extending Runway’s contract since 2013 without competitive bidding and, in the process, ignoring many complaints the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection was getting about the company’s alleged lawbreaking, which included underpaying workers and illegally compensating them with cash off the books. 

Errol Margolin, a lawyer for Runway said, “To accuse Runway, the NYPD, and the Department of Consumer of operating an enterprise” violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act “is not only silly but sanctionable. Any such lawsuit will be dismissed because there is no enterprise, no conspiracy, and no conduct that is illegal.” 

https://nypost.com/2022/09/17/