It appears the root of the problem lies with the VIN#, as getting a smog certificate from somewhere should be doable
You said you have a NY title for it correct? I'd start at the NY DMV and make sure they for one can pull up the VIN# and then try to find out why the VIN# isn't in a national database and how to get it into it.
Julian
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