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New Report: Fraud and Legal Abuse are Crushing Working Families with High Auto Insurance Costs

Hard-Working New Yorkers Forced to Pay Nearly Double the National Average for Car Insurance -- $4,031 a Year Compared to $2,400 Nationwide Every family expense – from rent to groceries – would be more manageable if Albany finally addressed the legal system failures driving up costs across New York NEW YORK - Citizens for Affordable Rates (CAR), a coalition of consumers, advocates, and organizations fighting for working families struggling with crushing insurance costs, highlighted the Partnership for New York City 's distressful new report , "Excessive Litigation Is Driving New York's Affordability Crisis," which exposes how legal system abuse and rampant insurance fraud are forcing New York families to pay auto insurance premiums 52% higher than families anywhere else in America. Working families across New York – from immigrant communities in Queens to Latino families in the Bronx , ...

Orange Haze from Canadian Wildfires Covers NYC

Smoke from wide fires in Canada come to New York City on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office



By Dan Gesslein

Bronx Voice

June 7, 2023


NEW YORK - New Yorkers walking outside were bathed in an orange haze from the smoke of the Canadian wildfires covering the Big Apple. 



The smoke from the Canadian wildfires caused officials to issue an Air Quality Health Advisory until Thursday morning. The air problems had New Yorkers donning face masks again and parents ran to schools to pick up their children early as the sky continued to darken. 




Views of the Manhattan skyline glowing orange look like something out of a dystopian Sci Fi movie. 


-Photo by David Greene




In the Bronx, Morris Park was covered in a fog of smoke that made the afternoon commute look like nightfall. 


-Photo by David Greene




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