N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 3001: Declaratory judgment

§ 3001. Declaratory judgment. The supreme court may render a

declaratory judgment having the effect of a final judgment as to the

rights and other legal relations of the parties to a justiciable

controversy whether or not further relief is or could be claimed. If the

court declines to render such a judgment it shall state its grounds. A

party who has brought a claim for personal injury or wrongful death

against another party may maintain a declaratory judgment action

directly against the insurer of such other party, as provided in

paragraph six of subsection (a) of section three thousand four hundred

twenty of the insurance law.