Under terms of recent New York Sports Club contracts, monthly fees are automatically increased by $5 annually. If the company wants to increase fees by more than $5, they are required to give. New York’s attorney general is suing the parent of New York Sports Clubs and Lucille Roberts gyms for allegedly taking advantage of customers by illegally charging them monthly fees despite. You can get a great estimate on New York Sports Club Prices; Fitness Premier yearly fee $69.99 and monthly fee of $19.99. And monthly fee of $29.99 for pre. Club Usage Fees. Additional club usage fees may apply when visiting clubs. Please be advised that based on your membership type, and the day and time you enter a club, you may be charged an additional usage fee. The amount of these usage fees may vary by club. Please contact the club you plan to visit for their exact usage fee rates.

New York Sports Club and Lucille Roberts gyms—owned by Town Sports International Holdings—have agreed to demands from New York Attorney General Letitia James to reimburse their members for fees charged during the gym franchise’s closure.

All gyms in New York were ordered closed on March 16th by Governor Andrew Cuomo as part of the effort to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus. NYSC members complained that they were still being charged their membership fees weeks after the closures, with a $15 per-month fee to suspend accounts or a $40 cancellation fee. A class-action lawsuit was also filed against the gym over the charging of fees.

In early April, James sent a letter ordering NYSC to stop charging membership dues. The letter was co-signed by the attorneys general for Pennsylvania, Maryland and the District of Columbia, where TSI runs the Philadelphia and Washington Sports Clubs gyms.

After agreeing to freeze memberships, now NYSC will credit members for all fees charged during the closure of its 53 locations in the city and 25 other locations around the state. James said NYSC must also honor all membership cancellation requests submitted by April 30th, without charging cancellation fees or requiring advance notice. NYSC must also contact all consumers who filed complaints with James's office to resolve those individual complaints. The same terms apply to the nine Lucille Roberts gyms in the city and five locations on Long Island.

“This is putting money back in the pockets of New Yorkers who were being illegally charged for unusable gym memberships,” James said in a release Friday. “The commitments we secured from New York Sports Clubs and Lucille Roberts will ensure that members will not be left paying the bill and lifting the weight for NYSC’s financial straits as long as the gyms remain closed. We hope these automatic payment freezes and credits will provide New Yorkers with financial relief, and we will continue to monitor the company to ensure they comply with every commitment made. We urge all New Yorkers to continue filing complaints with our office against companies seeking to take advantage of or unlawfully profit off the coronavirus public health crisis.”

“Please understand we are doing everything in our power to survive the crisis so that we can rehire our 8,000 team members back when the government provides clearance to reopen and conditions are safe,” Town Sports International Holdings said in a letter posted online April 8th.

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The New York Sports Club appears to be making the most of a recent controversy involving rival fitness companies like Equinox and SoulCycle by offering no-fee gym memberships to new customers who are leaving the competitors' facilities.

Some members of Equinox and SoulCycle have chosen to boycott the two elite gyms after billionaire owner Stephen Ross scheduled a fundraiser to benefit the reelection campaign of President Trump. The event fundraiser was set for Friday in the Hamptons.

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NYSC said on Twitter -- the same day as the political event -- 'We strive to maintain and foster all-embracing spaces of inclusion and acceptance. We want everyone to have a sense of comfortability and acceptance the second they walk through our doors.'

The gym vowed to offer free admittance all weekend, and promised to waive initiation fees to offset cancellation fees for dropping out of those competitors' chains.

The popular gym also said it would make a minimum donation of $10,000 to The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention for young members of the LBTQ community.

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Following backlash against SoulCycle, the popular stationary bike workout brand released a statement to the 'soul family' distancing itself from the owner's political event.

'We believe in diversity, inclusion, and equality,' the company's CEO Melanie Whelan said in a statement Wednesday. 'SoulCycle in no way endorses the political fundraising event being held later this week.'

The company said it has 'nothing to do with the event and does not support it,' and assured riders that 'no company profits are used to fund politicians.'

SoulCycle also called Ross a 'passive investor' who 'is not involved in the management of SoulCycle.'

Equinox reiterated that message in an effort to hold onto members and defuse a boycott.