Jankovics v. New York Automobile Insurance Plan

OPINION OF THE COURT

Peter C. Patsalos, J.

Was petitioner insurance broker’s application to increase his allotment of temporary identification cards from 150 to 200 properly denied under the New York Automobile Insur*580anee Plan? This is the rather unusual issue raised by the CPLR article 78 proceeding now before the court.

The salient facts are not in dispute. The New York Automobile Insurance Plan is a quasi-State agency, having as its sole obligation the assignment of motor vehicle insurance coverage to applicants "who are in good faith entitled to but are unable to procure it through ordinary…