Create Office to Help Residents with Insurance Problems
Enacted on Sep 15, 2026
Signed into Law
Local Law 2026/137
✦ Plain-Language Summary
This bill would create a new city office to help New Yorkers deal with insurance issues. The office would provide guidance on choosing insurance plans, track bad practices by insurance companies, and have staff to help residents resolve insurance problems. It would also study insurance costs and make recommendations to help keep insurance affordable.
Details
- Introduced
- Feb 24, 2026
- Passed Council
- Sep 12, 2026
- Enacted
- Sep 12, 2026
- Body
- Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection
- Type
- Introduction
- Status
- Enacted
Sponsors (5)
Official Description
This bill would establish an Office of Insurance Affordability. The office would provide information on types of consumer insurance and issue generalized guidance for consumers on selecting insurance plans; track legal actions alleging deceptive, fraudulent, or other unfair practices by insurance companies that harm consumers who purchase or seek to purchase insurance products and alert the public to relevant findings; conduct an annual study and issue reports on issues facing consumers of insurance; provide legislative and policy recommendations that would benefit consumers of insurance; and create a unit to assist consumers in resolving insurance-related issues, headed by an insurance affordability advocate.