Section 160-DDD. Use of the fund

Moneys deposited into the fund shall be
  used to  provide  benefits  under  the  workers'  compensation  law,  by
  purchase  of  a  policy from the state insurance fund, or from a carrier
  licensed  to  write  workers'  compensation  insurance  to  the   extent
  permitted  by  section  three  thousand  four  hundred  fifty-one of the
  insurance law, for  livery  drivers  dispatched  by  independent  livery
  bases,  to  provide  benefits  under  the  workers' compensation law for
  deaths of livery drivers arising out of and in the course  of  providing
  covered  services,  and all injuries arising out of and in the course of
  providing covered services either:  (1) resulting from a  crime  against
  such  livery  driver  as  evidenced  by  a  police report or (2) for the
  following conditions: (a) the amputation or loss of an arm,  leg,  hand,
  foot,  multiple  fingers, index finger, multiple toes, ear, or nose, (b)
  paraplegia or quadriplegia, or (c)  total  and  permanent  blindness  or
  deafness.  The  provisions of the workers' compensation law shall govern
  any application for and the receipt of such benefits.