The Point & Insurance Reduction Program (PIRP) is also known as the Defensive Driving Course or Motor Vehicle Accident Prevention Course. It is a comprehensive driver safety course which provides knowledge and techniques for safe and lawful driving.  It is available throughout New York State through private companies or corporations, called "course sponsors," that are approved by DMV. Each course must meet strict standards for the type of information presented and program effectiveness.

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Concerned about illicit money flowing into luxury real estate, the Treasury Department said Wednesday that it would begin identifying and tracking secret buyers of high-end properties.

The initiative will start in two of the nation's major destination for global wealth: Manhattan and Miami-Dade County.  It will shine a light on the darkest corner of the real estate market: all-cash purchases made by shell companies that often shield purchasers' identities.

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The serious injury New York Insurance Law Section 5104 provides that any action by or on behalf of a covered person against another covered person for personal injuries arising out of negligence in the use or operation of a motor vehicle in New York, there is no right of recovery for basic economic or for non-economic loss, except in the case of serious injury.

Section 5104 does not apply to motorcycle accidents i.e., there is no serious injury threshold. 

Under Section 5102(d), a "serious injury" is one which results in

1. Death, Dismemberment or Significant Disfigurement;

2. A fracture;

3. Loss of fetus;

4. Permanent loss of use of a body organ or member;

5. Permanent consequential limitation of use of a body organ or member;

6. Significant limitation of use of a body function or a system; or

7. Medically determined injury or impairment of a nonpermanent nature which prevents the injured person from performing substantially all of the material acts which constitute such person's usual and customary activities for not less than 90 days during the 180 days following the occurrence of the injury or impairment.

An insurance carrier is required to pay or deny a claim for no fault benefits within 30 days of the date the insurer receives the proof of claim (Presbyterian Hosp. in City of N.Y. v. Maryland Cas. Co., 90 NY2d 274 [1997].

A hit and run victim may be entitled to benefits under the SUM endorsement of a motor vehicle policy if the victim is related to the named insured and resides in the same household as the named insured of that motor vehicle policy. 

If you have been falsely arrested in New York City, and intend to commence a state action against a New York City municipality, you have 90 days to serve a Notice of Claim.  The Statute of Limitations on such a claim is one year and ninety days.  Gen Mun. Law 50-1.