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Compliance with New York State Law - Prescription Drug Price List Availability in New York City

Geographic Area/Region	Pharmacy Name	Address	Retail Price List Availability/State Law Compliance
Geographic Area/Region	Pharmacy Name	Address	Sign Posted?	List Available?	Comments
New York City Bronx	Bronx Prescription Center, Inc.	225 West 230 th Street, Bronx, NY	No	No	The pharmacist refused to give the surveyor the list. He offered to give her the prices of certain drugs but would not give her the list.
New York City Bronx	CVS	565 West 235 th St., Bronx, NY	No	Yes	Surveyor waited about 30 minutes while the pharmacist played with the computer and made numerous phone calls in an effort to obtain the price list.
New York City Bronx	Desai Pharmacy	228 West 238 th Street, Bronx, NY	Yes	Yes	Surveyor noted that the pharmacist was very nice.
New York City Bronx	D.J. Drugs	3741 Riverdale Avenue, Bronx, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said he would have to fill in the prices by hand. He said he would do it but it would take days.
New York City Bronx	Duane Reade #182	190 West 231 st Street, Bronx, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Bronx	Eckerd Drugs	541 West 235 th Street, Bronx, NY	No	Yes	Surveyor had to go to the pharmacy two times to obtain the list. The first time the surveyor was given the store inventory list and was told the pharmacist could not print it out. The next day she was given the list immediately.
New York City Bronx	Little Gelt Pharmacy, Inc.	111 Dreiser Loop East, Bronx, NY	Yes	Yes	List was easy to obtain.
New York City Bronx	Regal Drug Store	558 West 235 th Street, Bronx, NY	Yes	Incomplete	Surveyor noted that the pharmacist was pleasant. However, the list is incomplete. Surveyor could not obtain missing drug prices over the phone.
New York City Bronx	Rite Aid Pharmacy	691 Co-Op City Blvd., Bronx, NY	No	No	Clerk told surveyor he did not have the list.
New York City Bronx	Stop ‘N Shop Pharmacy	691 Co-op City Blvd, Bronx, NY	Yes	Yes	List was easy to obtain.
New York City Bronx	Walgreen Drug Store	5564 Broadway, Bronx, NY	No	No	They had a price list but they have to fill the prices in by hand and the pharmacist did not fill in the prices for the surveyor.
New York City Brooklyn	Ashland Pharmacy	123 Dekalb Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	Batish Drugs	378 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said no.

New York City Brooklyn	Behren’s Pharmacy	231 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	There was a displayed list and the clerk told our surveyor to write the prices down from the list – would not print out a list for our surveyor.
New York City Brooklyn	Canarsie Plaza Pharmacy	8721 Flatlands Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	No	Our surveyor waited 20 minutes while the pharmacist experienced computer difficulties and could not print out the list.
New York City Brooklyn	Caton Chemists	622 Caton Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	No	The clerk told our surveyor she did not have to provide her with the list. The clerk said she would give the surveyor any specific drug price she wished to obtain.
New York City Brooklyn	City Drugs	422 Church Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes	Pharmacy provided surveyor with the list and offered to lower the price of any drug she needed.
New York City Brooklyn	Compashione Pharmacy	621 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Surveyor was directed to a large poster on the wall, which he noted was obstructed by a card stand.
New York City Brooklyn	CVS Pharmacy	1024 Flatlands Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes	Pharmacist was very friendly and asked if our surveyor had any questions after she provided the list.
New York City Brooklyn	Danish Pharmacy	443 DeKalb Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said he would not provide the list.
New York City Brooklyn	Duane Reade	296 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	Eckerd	445 5 th Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	Health Aid Pharmacy	291 7 th Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said he would not provide the list.
New York City Brooklyn	Health Point Drug Inc.	392 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	Karson Pharmacy	2304 Norstrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Incomplete	List was incomplete. Surveyor could not obtain missing drug prices over the phone.
New York City Brooklyn	Kings Pharmacy	241 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	Krimko Pharmacy	954 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	Lieb Pharamacy	147 Lee Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Pharmacist told surveyor he was in the middle of making the list.

New York City Brooklyn	M + F Pharmacy	712 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	Myrtle Ave. Pharmacy	329 Myrtle Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	Neer Gaard Pharmacy	120 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	No	Pharmacist gave our surveyor a list to look at but would not provide him with one to take.
New York City Brooklyn	Palma Chemists	159 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Pharmacist told surveyor he would not provide him with the list.
New York City Brooklyn	Pathmark Pharmacy	11110 Flatlands Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	Prime Care Pharmacy	1126 Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Surveyor was directed to a posted, enlarged drug price list.
New York City Brooklyn	Prospect Gardens Pharmacy	89 Seventh Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Surveyor was told to come back the next day to get the list.
New York City Brooklyn	Rite Aid	1111 Pennsylvania Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Brooklyn	S Brothers Pharmacy	176 Lee Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said he would not provide the surveyor with the list – said he was not interested in being part of a survey.
New York City Brooklyn	Shimon’s Pharmacy	115 Lee Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Surveyor had to wait 15 minutes for the pharmacist to tell him that he did not want to give him the list because it was out-of-date.
New York City Brooklyn	Slope Drugs	406 Fifth Ave., Brooklyn, NY	Yes	Incomplete	List was incomplete. Surveyor could not obtain missing drug prices over the phone.
New York City Brooklyn	Stuart Slater Pharmacy	63 Lee Ave., Brooklyn, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said he would not provide the list.
New York City Manhattan	181 Pharmacy Inc.	656 West 181 st Street, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	2000 Ninos Pharmacy	601 West 150 th Street, NY, NY	Yes	Incomplete	Pharmacist asked surveyor why she wanted the list before giving it to her. List was incomplete. Surveyor could not obtain missing drug prices over the phone.
New York City Manhattan	Alison’s Pharmacy Inc.	48 Mott Street, NY, NY	Yes	Yes

New York City Manhattan	Amsterdam Pharmacy	1749 Broadway, NY, NY	Yes	Yes	It took 10 minutes for the surveyor to receive the list and the second page was a different format than the first page.
New York City Manhattan	Andy Pharmacy	3075 Broadway NY, NY	Yes	Yes	Pharmacists were very helpful.
New York City Manhattan	Asbell Pharmacy	1600 St. Nicholas Ave., NY, NY	Yes	Incomplete	Surveyor could not obtain missing drug prices over the phone.
New York City Manhattan	Bac Ai Pharmacy Inc.	216 Canal Street. NY, NY	Yes	No	List was enlarged and posted on the wall, but when surveyor requested a copy, she was told they did not have any available.
New York City Manhattan	Caligor Pharmacy	1226 Lexington Ave., NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	Charlton Pharmacy	210 6 th Avenue, NY, NY	Yes	No	Pharmacist told our surveyor they only had one copy of the price list and could not produce another for the surveyor to take.
New York City Manhattan	Chung Wah	65 Mott Street, NY, NY	Yes	No	Clerk said they could not give our surveyor a copy of list but referred her to the large posted list on the wall under a picture of the owner.
New York City Manhattan	CVS	129 Fulton Street, NY, NY	Yes	Yes	List was readily available.
New York City Manhattan	Daliza Pharmacy Inc.	3481 Broadway, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	Downtown Pharmacy	165 William Street, NY, NY	Yes	No	List was posted but not available for surveyor to take. Surveyor noted that pharmacist had no problem with surveyor copying the price list in the store.
New York City Manhattan	Drug Loft	1412 Madison Ave., NY, NY	No	No	Surveyor was referred to list posted on wall and told they did not have a copy for her to take.
New York City Manhattan	Drug Rich Pharmacy	1756 Third Avenue, NY, NY	Yes	No	Computers were down.
New York City Manhattan	Duane Reade	250 Broadway NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	Eastview Pharmacy,	1751 Second Ave., NY, NY	Yes	Yes	Pharmacist was pleasant and helpful.
New York City Manhattan	Eckerd Drugs	1229-1301 Second Ave., NY, NY	No	Yes

New York City Manhattan	Eisler Chemist Pharmacy	1142 Lexington Ave., NY, NY	No	Yes	Surveyor had to identify himself as a NYPIRG survey participant in order to obtain list from hesitant pharmacist.
New York City Manhattan	Embassy Pharmacy	1873 Amsterdam Ave., NY, NY	Yes	Yes	It took about 15 minutes for surveyor to obtain the list.
New York City Manhattan	Fair Price Pharmacy	148 Bleecker Street, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	Fein’s Ethical Pharmacy Corp.	586 Broadway, NY, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said he could not give surveyor the list. The owner was not there.
New York City Manhattan	Freeda Pharmacy	36 East 41 st Street, NY, NY	No	No	Pharmacist stated that he was too busy to look for the list.
New York City Manhattan	Heidi Pharmacy	521 West 181 st Street, NY, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said they only had one copy and no copy machine.
New York City Manhattan	Independence Pharmacy	352 ½ Greenwich Street, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	Isham Broadway Pharmacy	4996 Broadway, NY, NY	Yes	Yes	Surveyor had to wait 15-20 minutes to obtain the list and was asked to write down her name, organization and contact information.
New York City Manhattan	J.J. Pharmacy Co., Inc.	4061 Broadway, NY, NY	Yes	Yes	It took a while but they gave it to our surveyor after the staff had a mini-conference.
New York City Manhattan	JMC Pharmacy Inc.	3835 Broadway, NY, NY	Yes	Incomplete	List was incomplete. Surveyor could not obtain missing drug prices over the phone.
New York City Manhattan	Jorge Pharmacy	101 Sherman Ave., NY, NY	Yes	No	Clerk told surveyor the list was not for the public. Then, the pharmacist asked if the surveyor worked for the state.
New York City Manhattan	Kings Pharmacy	Five Hudson Street, NY, NY	Yes	No	Head pharmacist was unavailable so a list could not be obtained. List was posted on the wall.
New York City Manhattan	Kinning Pharmacy, Inc.	125 Lafayette, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	Larimar Pharmacy	4126 Broadway, NY, NY	No	Inaccurate	Clerk gave surveyor a copy but first she was directed to a posted Drug Retail List. List contained an inaccurate price and surveyor could not obtain drug prices over the phone.
New York City Manhattan	Lenda Pharmacy	3397 Broadway, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	Madison Avenue Pharmacy	1407 Madison Ave., NY, NY	No	No	Clerk could not provide list in a reasonable amount of time – surveyor could not wait.

New York City Manhattan	Marine Pharmacy	1576 St. Nicholas Ave., NY, NY	No	No	Clerk could not give out list without the manager.
New York City Manhattan	Mishkin’s Drugs	1714 Amsterdam Ave., NY, NY	No	No	Clerk told surveyor to come back before closing to obtain list. Surveyor could not get back at that time.
New York City Manhattan	Nutripharm	24 Horatio Street, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	People’s Pharmacy	77 Mott Street, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	Rite Aid Pharmacy	3539 Broadway, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	San Judas Tadeo Pharmacy	520 West 207 th Street, NY, NY	Yes	Incomplete/ Inaccurate	The Pharmacist asked our surveyor how old she is. Retail Price List was missing one price and had one inaccurate price. Surveyor could not obtain missing drug prices over the phone.
New York City Manhattan	St. Anthony’s Pharmacy	3860 Broadway, NY, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Manhattan	St. Jesus Pharmacy	4180 Broadway, NY, NY	No	Yes	It took two different trips by two different surveyors to obtain the list.
New York City Manhattan	Thriftway Pharmacy	19 Beekman Street, NY, NY	Yes	Yes	It took about 15 minutes and a few different people (pharmacist, manager) to obtain the list.
New York City Manhattan	United Health Pharmacy	4 Elizabeth St., NY, NY	Yes	No	Clerk said they did not have the list.
New York City Manhattan	Uno Pharmacy	1544 St. Nicholas Ave., NY, NY	Yes	No	The pharmacist told the surveyor that they did not give out the lists, the lists are only for the pharmacy.
New York City Manhattan	Vim Drugs	3817 Broadway, NY, NY	Yes	Yes	It took a while to obtain the list.
New York City Manhattan	Viva Pharmacy	1494 St. Nicholas NY, NY	Yes	Inaccurate	List contained an inaccurate drug price. Surveyor could not obtain drug prices over the phone.
New York City Queens	AC Drugs	41-92 Main Street, Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes	Pharmacists asked surveyor which drugs she needed prices for.
New York City Queens	Astoria Pharmacy	3014 30 th Ave., Astoria, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Campus Drugs	5904 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY	Yes	No	Clerk said surveyor would need to come back when the supervisor was there to obtain list.

New York City Queens	Comfort Drugs	135 Roosevelt Ave., Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Crystal Pharmacy	136-98 Roosevelt, Flushing, NY	No	No	There was a large Price List on the pharmacy wall.
New York City Queens	CVS Pharmacy	212-200 Northern Blvd., Bayside, NY	No	Yes
New York City Queens	Double G Pharmacy	22-82 31 st Street, Astoria, NY	Yes	No	Clerks let surveyor view the list in the store but would not let her take it from the counter.
New York City Queens	Duane Reade	81-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Eckerd Drugs	43-20 Bell Blvd., Bayside, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Elmhurst Pharmacy Inc.	75-23 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Everest Drugs	144-10 45 th Street, Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Fraconia Pharmacy	45-02 162 nd Street, Flushing, NY	No	Yes
New York City Queens	Hallmark Pharmacy	8285 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY	Yes	Yes	List was going to take an hour, so surveyor had pharmacy fax it to NYPIRG.
New York City Queens	Hana SuperValue Pharmacy	29-26 Union Street, Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	JW Pharmacy	141-02 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY	No	Yes	It was a little difficult to obtain the list at this pharmacy.
New York City Queens	Kiosk Pharmacy	41-01 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Lewis Pharmacy	136-98 Roosevelt, Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Medi Space	41-39 Main Street, Flushing, NY	Yes	No	Two Clerks told surveyor that, despite what the sign said, they did not have the list available.
New York City Queens	Nordan Drugs	79-01 Main Street, Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes	Pharmacist was very helpful and offered the surveyors a price list before they asked for it!
New York City Queens	Prescription Headquarters Flushing Plaza, Inc.	41-63 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY	No	No	Pharmacist would not give the list – said something to surveyor about competition.

New York City Queens	Queens Drugs	80-04 Baxter Ave., Elmhurst, NY	Yes	Yes	The pharmacist questioned the surveyor about why she wanted the list.
New York City Queens	Rainbow Pharmacy	146-01 45 th Street, Flushing, NY	Yes	No	Pharmacist said the list is too much trouble to update as the prices change everyday. She also said our surveyor could have the prices for whatever specific drug(s) she wanted.
New York City Queens	Raindew Pharmacy	25-39 Parsons, Flushing, NY	No	Yes
New York City Queens	Regal Pharmacy	41-06 162 nd Street, Flushing, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said they give out the prices of specific drugs only.
New York City Queens	Rite Aid	71-18 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY	No	Yes
New York City Queens	Sanford Pharmacy	133-47 Sanford Ave., Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Script City	71-55 Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	S.M. Pharmacy	68-50 Main Street, Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Starside Drugs	41-16 Main Street, Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes	The attendant asked our surveyor why she wanted the list.
New York City Queens	Superior Pharmacy	60-10A Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY	Yes	No	Pharmacist wanted surveyor to buy something before he would provide the list.
New York City Queens	Thriftway Pharmacy	176-60 Union Turnpike, Fresh Meadows, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Union Pharmacy	36-32 Union Street, Flushing, NY	Yes	No	Pharmacist said he would not give out a copy and that the list was not updated.
New York City Queens	Unique Chemist	25-24 30 th Ave., Flushing, NY	No	No	When the surveyor requested the list, she was directed to a large posted sign, “Prescription Drug List” from the Education Department, Effective 1998.
New York City Queens	Victoria Pharmacy	4445A Kissena Blvd., Flushing, NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Queens	Vital Drugs	147-10 45 th Ave., Flushing, NY	Yes	No	Pharmacist told surveyor that the law used to require him to post the list but that it no longer did and he did not/would not give the surveyor the list.

New York City Queens	Walgreens	82-77 Broadway Elmhurst, NY	No	No	Pharmacist said he would fax list but it was never received.
New York City Staten Island	Classic Pharmacy	1300 Clove Rd., S.I., NY	No	Yes
New York City Staten Island	CVS	33 Richmond Hill Rd., S.I., NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Staten Island	Duane Reade	2456 Richmond Ave., S.I., NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Staten Island	Eckerd	1360 Hylan Blvd., S.I., NY	No	Yes	It took two clerks to get the list. First clerk did not know about it. Clerks then discussed posting a sign.
New York City Staten Island	Hylan Medicine Cabinet	1988 Hylan Blvd., S.I., NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Staten Island	Miller’s Pharmacy	173 Broad Street, S.I., NY	No	Yes
New York City Staten Island	Rite Aid	2271 Richmond Ave., S.I., NY	No	No	Pharmacist would only let surveyor look at the list. He would not give the surveyor a copy.
New York City Staten Island	Shop Rite	985 Richmond Ave., S.I., NY	Yes	Yes
New York City Staten Island	Todt Hill Pharmacy	21107 Richmond Ave., S.I., NY	Yes	Yes	Pharmacist asked surveyor why he wanted the list.
New York City Staten Island	Walgreens	1557 Richmond Ave., S.I., NY	Yes	Yes	Had a copy faxed over from another store. Sign was completely covered by a shopping basket.