MoneyJohn
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I have the blue white liberty plates. Those plates are on my wife's name but this car is on my name. As @Dave Sherman mentions, it could be a problem.I am in New York, Western New York to be exact... south of Buffalo by 20 minutes.
NO, it is NOT any harder to transfer plates to a new vehicle. ANY competent dealership in WNY should be able to do this without hassle.
If your current vehicle and plates are in your name, there is no issue whatsoever.
Some advantages to keeping plate number can be NY EZPass, certain drive through car washes track by plate, HOA/town resident/town beach permits, etc.
OP: Do you have the blue and white Liberty plates, yellow/blue plates or the new NY Excelsior plates?
If anything, new plates will cost the OP more as there is a plate fee in NY when you're issued new plates.