N.Y. Executive Law § 160-ddd: Use of the fund

§ 160-ddd. Use of the fund. Moneys deposited into the fund shall be

used to provide benefits under the workers' compensation law, by

purchase of a policy from the state insurance fund, or from a carrier

licensed to write workers' compensation insurance to the extent

permitted by section three thousand four hundred fifty-one of the

insurance law, for livery drivers dispatched by independent livery

bases, to provide benefits under the workers' compensation law for

deaths of livery drivers arising out of and in the course of providing

covered services, and all injuries arising out of and in the course of

providing covered services either: (1) resulting from a crime against

such livery driver as evidenced by a police report or (2) for the

following conditions: (a) the amputation or loss of an arm, leg, hand,

foot, multiple fingers, index finger, multiple toes, ear, or nose, (b)

paraplegia or quadriplegia, or (c) total and permanent blindness or

deafness. The provisions of the workers' compensation law shall govern

any application for and the receipt of such benefits.