City of Syracuse v. Utica Mutual Insurance

*693OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The orders of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

The Legislature in enacting section 674 of the Insurance Law adopted a new procedure which authorizes first-party benefits with a resulting equitable adjustment between insurers without the need for the formalities applicable to claims and lawsuits. In our view the comprehensive nature of the no-fault legislation and the absence therefrom of any requirement for compliance with section 50-e or 50-i of the General Municipal Law indicates a legislative intent that the provisions of the latter…