N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 17: Noncitizens

§ 17. Noncitizens. Compensation under this chapter to noncitizens not

residents or about to become nonresidents of the United States or

Canada, shall be the same in amount as provided for residents, except

that dependents in any foreign country shall be limited to surviving

spouse and child or children, or, if there is no surviving spouse or

child or children, to surviving father or mother whom the employee has

supported, either wholly or in part, for the period of one year prior to

the date of the accident.