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Opinion: Weakening Injury Insurance Coverage for Cabbies Will Harm Victims of Road Violence
A victim of road violence talks about her experience with insufficient liability insurance coverage.
February 12, 2025
Council Bill Would Shift Taxi Driver Crash Costs onto Victims: Experts
Lower insurance for cabbies could mean higher costs for crash victims.
October 9, 2024
Every E-Biker Should Be Worried About NJ’s Proposed Insurance Law
Instead of ensuring safety on Garden State roads, requiring bikers to carry insurance could make roads more dangerous, inequitable and polluted.
February 14, 2024
Inside How — and Why — Insurance Companies Sell Policies to the Most Dangerous Drivers
When drivers are too dangerous to buy traditional insurance, states often require insurance companies to sell it to them anyway at steep cost. Is that a good thing for safety?
February 16, 2023
Mayor Won’t Change Uber and Lyft Insurance Rules that Shortchange City Crash Victims
Mayor de Blasio will not close a gap in insurance requirements that allows Uber and Lyft taxi drivers to have far less coverage when they are carrying passengers in New York City than anywhere else in the state.
October 29, 2021
Mayor Voices ‘Concern’ Over Insurance Rules that Hurt City Residents Injured by Uber, Lyft
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday expressed "concern" about a disparity in insurance requirements for Uber and Lyft taxis that shortchanges the city's crash victims, promising to review the issue further. His comments followed a Streetsblog investigation into the issue.
September 2, 2021
More Risk, Less Coverage: How Rideshare Insurance Rules Shortchange NYC Crash Victims
If the Uber driver had hit Velma Mitchell two miles farther north, things would be different.
August 30, 2021
Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Seeks Public’s Help Searching for Speeding Driver
The latest unsolved hit-and-run has left a family struggling to pay medical bills.
December 3, 2020
New York Must Do More To End Racism in Auto Insurance
As Black Lives Matter forces an industry reckoning, the state has taken baby steps to reduce discrimination.
November 2, 2020
