Ordered that the order is reversed, as a matter of discretion, with costs, the motion is granted, and the matter is remitted to the Supreme Court, Nassau County, for a hearing on the issue of whether or not there was physical contact between the vehicle insured by the petitioner and the alleged offending vehicle.
Physical contact is a condition precedent to an arbitration that is based on a so-called hit-and-run accident (see, Insurance Law § 5217;
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