Last year a group of advocates and lawmakers began a major push to clamp down on no-fault auto insurance fraud which they say leads to the staged auto accidents on the state’s freeways and sky-high insurance rates.

That bill was squashed however by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, and so now the same group is preparing to launch a huge public relations campaign and rebranding the effort from “New Yorkers Against Insurance Fraud” to “The Stop The Trial Lawyer Tax” campaign. Read More