The eggs arrived at Island Harvest food bank in Melville in 11,700 cartons of a dozen each, the New York Attorney General’s office said.
“The eggs will be distributed among our network of food pantries and emergency feeding programs to benefit families across Nassau and Suffolk counties,” Island Harvest CEO Randi Shubin Dresner said.
It was the latest egg delivery in New York; through Wednesday more than 1.5 million eggs have been shipped across the state as part of the settlement, a number that will eventually grow to nearly 5 million, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James. Deliveries will continue through October.
James was part of a 17-state lawsuit and settlement earlier this year against three major egg producers: Cal-Maine Foods, Versova/Centrum, and Hickman’s Egg Ranch.
The three companies admitted to artificially inflating the price of eggs between June 2022 and March 2025 by submitting artificially high bids. These altered egg prices published nationwide by Urner Barry, which shares influential quotations for daily egg prices.
The scheme was evident when authorities revealed their investigation in March 2025 and required the companies to preserve documents — leading to a quick drop in egg prices nationwide, investigators said.
In the settlement, the companies agreed to distribute 53 million free eggs across the country and pay $3.3 million.
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