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Families press for greater say in the future of NYC's public cemetery on Hart Island
Relatives of those buried on the island want more access and a formal voice in the process as the city plans a 20-year overhaul.
By
Ryan Kost
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NYC unveils a 20-year plan to make Hart Island more accessible and resilient
The city’s public cemetery could get a welcome center, restored chapel and shoreline protection.
By
Giulia Heyward
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More than 20 people rescued from burning boat in Bronx, 1 man arrested, officials say
A man has been charged with reckless endangerment in connection with the incident, according to the NYPD.
By
Ramsey Khalifeh
Arts & Entertainment
New play 'Hart Island' uses New York City’s potter’s field to meditate on mourning
The new work by Tracy Weller, currently onstage at the Gym at Judson, examines the hole that a hard-to-access island cemetery leaves in the city’s fabric.
By
Danny Lewis
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Rikers Inmates Will No Longer Bury The Dead Amid Hart Island Transformation
The island will be transferred from the oversight of the Department of Correction to the Parks Department.
By
Caroline Lewis
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NYPD Seizes Drone Of Photojournalist Documenting Mass Burials On Hart Island
"These are humans, and they’re basically being treated like they’re toxic waste, like they’re radioactive."
By
Christopher Robbins
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Mass Burials On Hart Island Increase Fivefold As COVID-19 Death Toll Skyrockets
According to the city's Department of Correction, which oversees the process, the burials on Hart Island have increased in frequency from 25 burials a week to 24 burials every day, five days a week.
By
Christopher Robbins
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Sydney Pereira
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Gwynne Hogan
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NYC May Begin Burying COVID-19 Victims On Public Land
The city is looking at "temporary interment" sites, where bodies could be buried in trenches ten in a row, according to one council member.
By
Jake Offenhartz
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Gwynne Hogan
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City Agrees To Increase Mourners' Access To Mass Graves On Hart Island
"This increase in gravesite visitation is one more step towards honoring the memory of people buried there."
By
Emma Whitford
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NYU Sorry About Dumping All Those Donated Cadavers Into Mass Graves
Donors wanted their remains cremated, but instead they were packed into coffins with 150 other dead bodies.
By
Miranda Katz
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