Inside NY’s high stakes car insurance battle: A Syracuse lawmaker and Uber take on the lawyers

For Sam Rowser, the soaring cost of car insurance in New York is both a personal and professional problem.

He watched the premiums for his two-car family in Syracuse double from about $90 to $213 per month in recent years despite a perfect driving record. But it’s the rise in insurance costs for the nonprofit he leads, On Point for College, that Rowser finds especially frustrating. Read more…