Vehicle insurance rates: Lawmaker and Uber take on the trial lawyers Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to tackle the rising cost of coverage in the state budget.

For Sam Rowser, the soaring cost of car insurance in New York is a personal and a 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…