Gov. Kathy Hochul announced new proposals Wednesday to bring down the cost of car insurance and crack down on insurance fraud…

Every New Yorker feels the strain of an affordability crisis that keeps pushing up the cost of groceries, fuel, and simply getting to work. While public attention often focuses on housing and inflation, one major driver of this crisis is the skyrocketing cost of auto insurance. For millions of families and small businesses, it has become a “hidden tax” on daily life and economic mobility…

NEW YORK –  In a new opinion piece published today in amNY, leaders from New York’s trucking and motorcoach industries (Dan Rodriguez of Coach USA and Zach Miller of the Trucking Association of New York) voice strong support for Governor Kathy Hochul’s plan to lower auto insurance costs and warn that runaway premiums are driving up prices for families, squeezing transportation providers, and threatening the state’s economic backbone…

NEW YORK – Citizens for Affordable Rates (CAR) today announced the launch of a new seven-figure statewide television and digital ad campaign, including spots airing during Super Bowl broadcasts, calling attention to New York’s crushing car insurance costs and urging state lawmakers to act now to make coverage more affordable for families across the state…

NEW YORK — In recent days, a broad coalition of community advocates, law enforcement veterans, and business leaders across New York urged the State Legislature to pass Governor Kathy Hochul’s comprehensive plan to lower auto insurance premiums…

Imagine a 23-year-old from Brooklyn who works at a logistics hub in Suffolk County, among the sprawl of warehouses with no direct transit to the gate…

NEW YORK – New Yorkers are paying up to double the national average for car insurance, with some drivers facing annual premiums exceeding $6,000, according to three new reports from a diverse set of organizations…

For decades, auto insurance in New York has operated as a quiet but punishing injustice – one that hits working families hardest and falls especially heavily on communities of color….

New York households paid an estimated $1,935 on average for personal auto insurance in 2024, the highest level on record for the state and the fourth-highest expenditure nationwide, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s (Triple-I’s) latest Outlook, New York Personal Auto Insurance Premium and Cost Drivers…

Car insurance costs don't just depend on your driving record or the car you drive: Your city and ZIP code play an equally important role…

New York drivers face some of the highest auto insurance costs in the United States, and those costs are climbing rapidly…

Today, a broad coalition led by Citizens for Affordable Rates (CAR) – including consumer advocates, industry experts, and small business leaders – applauded Governor Kathy Hochul’s bold proposals to lower New York’s skyrocketing auto insurance premiums…

Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to pump the brakes on auto insurance fraud. Hochul will announce one of her primary affordability initiatives, a crackdown on staged car crashes that drive up drivers’ insurance premiums, during her annual State of the State address Tuesday afternoon…

Auto insurance premiums soared across Long Island in 2025. The average annual premium in some neighborhoods rose as much as 80% since 2019, adding to the ballooning cost of living in the region…

This morning, 25 “Grinches” swarmed the City Hall Subway Station to hand out flyers highlighting how New York’s sky-high car insurance rates are eating into everyday families’ holiday budgets. The flyers, emblazoned with the message “HO HO – NO,” reminded commuters that the $333 per month New York drivers are paying for car insurance could instead cover medicine, groceries, or holiday gifts…

The mayoral election highlighted the fact that increasing numbers of New Yorkers cannot afford the high cost of living in our city. The solutions to the affordability crisis are complicated, but a great place to start is to reform the laws that make New Yorkers pay some of the highest insurance rates in the nation… 

A new survey claims nearly 40% of Americans say their finances are worse now than they were a year ago…

Community leaders from across Long Island gathered today in Lynbrook to call on Governor Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers to take immediate action to address New York’s affordability crisis…

Frustrated New York drivers converged on Columbus Circle in Manhattan today in a protest against exploding auto insurance premiums…

The Korean American Association of Queens, one of the borough’s most respected community organizations, has joined Citizens for Affordable Rates (CAR) in the fight to protect hardworking families and small business owners from New York’s escalating auto insurance affordability crisis…