There are good ways to try to get NY to get rid of the front plate, and then there are stupid lazy ones like this online petition.
What would work is look at how much that extra plate costs with the ever rising cost of metals. Then play up the CO emissions associated with making twice as many plates as are actually needed. Do the research, get all your numbers straight, then take it to a local news station. Wrap the story and the research up in a nice form letter and give people an easy way to click and send that form letter to all their local and state representatives.