Auto insurers won't say how much Hochul's proposals would save

I asked the companies that lobbied on those measures for information. I didn't get much.

Good afternoon — It’s Monday and Dyngus Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• I asked the auto insurance companies who’ve lobbied on Hochul’s cost-savings proposals how much they would cut premiums for policy holders.

• Here’s what each of them said — and didn’t say — as a response to my inquiry, including whether they would commit to lowering those costs.

• Hochul, meanwhile, says she’s taking a hard look at whether to cut the state’s profit cap for auto insurers as another way to provide relief.

• New Bills of Note: A new bill would bolster New York’s emergency management resources by partnering with nearby states and provinces.

• Bills With New Amendments: A newly amended bill would allow more people to enter the child care workforce.

Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, Lisa Stewart, Cassandra Anderson, Andrew Hevesi, Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, Jamaal Bailey

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Today’s Capitol Confidential is sponsored by Environmental Defense Fund

New Yorkers are tired of the fossil fuel price roller coaster🎢. Let’s deliver more clean energy and more savings. Legislators: Follow through on our climate law.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday (Will Waldron/Times Union)

🚗 Will car insurance companies actually lower costs if Hochul’s proposals pass? I asked them

There are times when I forget that, as a journalist, I’m allowed to ask private companies questions in the public interest.

That’s what I remembered last week when I learned that Democrats in the state Legislature weren’t convinced car insurance companies would lower costs for consumers if a set of proposals from Gov. Kathy Hochul become law.