N.Y. EXC Law § 160-DDD

§ 160-ddd. Use of the fund. Moneys deposited into the fund shall be\nused to provide benefits under the workers' compensation law, by\npurchase of a policy from the state insurance fund, or from a carrier\nlicensed to write workers' compensation insurance to the extent\npermitted by section three thousand four hundred fifty-one of the\ninsurance law, for livery drivers dispatched by independent livery\nbases, to provide benefits under the workers' compensation law for\ndeaths of livery drivers arising out of and in the course of providing\ncovered services, and all injuries arising out of and in the course of\nproviding covered services either: (1) resulting from a crime against\nsuch livery driver as evidenced by a police report or (2) for the\nfollowing conditions: (a) the amputation or loss of an arm, leg, hand,\nfoot, multiple fingers, index finger, multiple toes, ear, or nose, (b)\nparaplegia or quadriplegia, or (c) total and permanent blindness or\ndeafness. The provisions of the workers' compensation law shall govern\nany application for and the receipt of such benefits.\n