N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 12, § 390.1 – Definite award required.

(a) No award shall be made for a lump-sum payment on account of all, or any part, of the remaining compensation due any claimant, unless a definite award has previously been made to such claimant.
(b) By a definite award is meant an award in which compensation payments terminate at a definite date or in the event of death or remarriage of such claimant.