(b) With respect to any action arising from an occurrence during the
period between January first, nineteen hundred twenty-nine and December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred forty-five brought by a Holocaust victim
seeking proceeds of an insurance policy issued to or covering the life
or property of a Holocaust victim prior to December thirty-first,
nineteen hundred forty-five no such action shall be stayed or dismissed
pursuant to rule three hundred twenty-seven of the civil practice law
and rules.
(c) In recognition of the significant period of time that has passed
and in order to effect the goals of substantial justice, the rules
regarding the admissibility of evidence, including but not limited to
rule forty-five hundred eighteen and section forty-five hundred nineteen
of the civil practice law and rules, and principles of law or other
rules relating to the admission of hearsay evidence shall be relaxed at
the discretion of the trial judge in any action or proceeding authorized
by this section.