N.Y. VAW Law § 19

§ 19. Exclusiveness of remedy. The benefits provided by this chapter\nshall be the exclusive remedy of a volunteer ambulance worker, or his\nspouse, parents, dependents, next of kin, executor or administrator, or\nanyone otherwise entitled to recover damages, at common law or\notherwise, for or on account of an injury to a volunteer ambulance\nworker in line of duty or death resulting from an injury to a volunteer\nambulance worker in line of duty, as against (1) the political\nsubdivision or volunteer ambulance company liable for the payment of\nsuch benefits, (2) the political subdivision regularly served by the\nambulance company of which the volunteer ambulance worker is a member,\nwhether or not pursuant to a contract for ambulance services, even\nthough any such political subdivision is not liable for the payment of\nsuch benefits in the circumstances, and (3) any person or company acting\nunder governmental or statutory authority in furtherance of the duties\nor activities in relation to which any such injury resulted; provided,\nhowever, that the benefits provided by this chapter shall not be the\nexclusive remedy as against persons who, in the furtherance of the same\nduties or activities, are not similarly barred from recourse against the\nvolunteer ambulance worker, or his executor or administrator.\n