In re the Arbitration between Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. & Brooks

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Rosalyn Richter, J.), entered on or about August 4, 2003, which granted the petition to permanently stay an uninsured motorist arbitration on the ground that the motorist involved was insured on the date of the accident, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*199Although the notice of cancellation sent by respondent American Transit Insurance Co. to its insured some five months prior to the accident was addressed in accordance with the requirements of Vehicle and Traffic Law § 313 (1) (a), it was nevertheless ineffective to cancel the subject policy since it…