N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 113: Interstate commerce

§ 113. Interstate commerce. The provisions of this chapter shall apply

to employers and employees engaged in intrastate, and also interstate or

foreign commerce, for whom a rule of liability or method of compensation

has been or may be established by the congress of the United States,

only to the extent that their mutual connection with intrastate work may

and shall be clearly separable and distinguishable from interstate or

foreign commerce, provided that awards according to the provisions of

this chapter may be made by the board in respect of injuries subject to

the admiralty or other federal laws in case the claimant, the employer

and the insurance carrier waive their admiralty or interstate commerce

rights and remedies, and the state insurance fund or other insurance

carrier may assume liability for the payment of such awards under this

chapter.