But she didn’t touch one arguable force-multiplier for New York insurance costs — local drivers who register their cars out-of-state to save money. Streetsblog previously reported that the cost of New York drivers who register their cars to false addresses has soared under Gov. Now the governor’s office “is actively looking into any potential tax fraud revealed through the rollout of NYC’s pied-à-terre tax,” the City Reporter’s Andrew Giambrone shared on BlueSky on Wednesday afternoon (and in a story that ran early Thursday). Hochul's office is actively looking into any potential tax fraud revealed through the rollout of NYC's pied-à-terre tax, a spokesperson says. Needless to say, the number of local cars with out-of-state plates has been a longtime interest of ours.