People v. Cypress Hills Cemetery
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Santucci, J.
This is a case of statutory construction. The question presented is whether Not-For-Profit Corporation Law § 1510 (m) (hereinafter N-PCL), which provides that no cemetery "shall use construction and demolition debris * * * for the purpose of burying human remains”, is violated when a cemetery permits burials on a site which contains such material but only on condition that the site be first covered by 10 to 12 feet of topsoil. We conclude that this question should be answered in the affirmative.
Cypress Hills Cemetery (hereinafter Cypress Hills) was incorporated…
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