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. The group uses vans to give rides to first-generation college students in the Syracuse area who couldn’ t…