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AUTO INSURANCE FRAUD
(INTRO 243)Introduced: 2006
Passed City Council: April 26, 2006
Passed Mayor: May 11, 2006
New Yorkers pay four times the national average for car insurance, and Brooklyn has some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation. Part of the reason is that New York State has a no-fault automobile insurance system, which allows for people injured in accidents to have their medical bills paid quickly regardless of who is to blame for the crash. Another reason for the high rates is that many people try to take advantage of the no-fault system and cheat insurance companies. This legislation aims to crack down on the medical clinics that are involved in schemes. Under the bill, if a medical service company earns more than half of its revenues from no-fault insurance claims, then they will now be subject to audits and regulation by the Department of Consumer Affairs.
How Councilmembers Voted :
50-Yes 0-No 0-Abstain 1-Absent
| Name | Party | District | Vote |
| Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. | Democrat | 32 | Yes |
| Maria del Carmen Arroyo | Democrat | 17 | Yes |
| Tony Avella | Democrat | 19 | Yes |
| Maria Baez | Democrat | 14 | Yes |
| Charles Barron | Democrat | 42 | Yes |
| Gale A. Brewer | Democrat | 6 | Yes |
| Yvette D. Clarke | Democrat | 40 | Yes |
| Leroy G. Comrie, Jr. | Democrat | 27 | Yes |
| Bill de Blasio | Democrat | 39 | Yes |
| Inez E. Dickens | Democrat | 9 | Yes |
| Erik Martin Dilan | Democrat | 37 | Yes |
| Simcha Felder | Democrat | 44 | Yes |
| Lewis A. Fidler | Democrat | 46 | Yes |
| Helen D. Foster | Democrat | 16 | Yes |
| Dennis P. Gallagher | Republican | 30 | Yes |
| Daniel R. Garodnick | Democrat | 4 | Yes |
| James F. Gennaro | Democrat | 24 | Yes |
| Vincent J. Gentile | Democrat | 43 | Yes |
| Alan Gerson | Democrat | 1 | Yes |
| Eric N. Gioia | Democrat | 26 | Yes |
| Sara M. Gonzalez | Democrat | 38 | Yes |
| Robert Jackson | Democrat | 7 | Yes |
| Letitia James | Working Families | 35 | Yes |
| Melinda R. Katz | Democrat | 29 | Yes |
| G. Oliver Koppell | Democrat | 11 | Yes |
| Andrew J. Lanza | Republican | 51 | Yes |
| Jessica S. Lappin | Democrat | 5 | Yes |
| John C. Liu | Democrat | 20 | Yes |
| Melissa Mark Viverito | Democrat | 8 | Yes |
| Miguel Martinez | 10 | Yes | |
| Michael E. McMahon | Democrat | 49 | Yes |
| Darlene Mealy | Democrat | 41 | Yes |
| Rosie Mendez | Democrat | 2 | Yes |
| Hiram Monserrate | Democrat | 21 | Yes |
| Michael C. Nelson | Democrat | 48 | Yes |
| James S. Oddo | Republican | 50 | Yes |
| Annabel Palma | Democrat | 18 | Yes |
| Christine C. Quinn | Democrat | 3 | Yes |
| Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. | Democrat | 47 | Yes |
| Diana Reyna | Democrat | 34 | Absent |
| Joel Rivera | Democrat | 15 | Yes |
| James Sanders, Jr. | Democrat | 31 | Yes |
| Larry B. Seabrook | Democrat | 12 | Yes |
| Helen Sears | Democrat | 25 | Yes |
| Kendall Stewart | Democrat | 45 | Yes |
| James Vacca | Democrat | 13 | Yes |
| Peter F. Vallone, Jr. | Democrat | 22 | Yes |
| Albert Vann | Democrat | 36 | Yes |
| David I. Weprin | Democrat | 23 | Yes |
| Thomas White, Jr. | Democrat | 28 | Yes |
| David Yassky | Democrat | 33 | Yes |