§ 21-110 Potter's field.
AC § 21-110
The commissioner shall have charge of the Potter's Fields, and when the necessity therefor shall arise, shall have power to lay out additional Potter's Fields or other public burial places for the poor and strangers and from time to time enclose and extend the same to make enclosures therein and to build vaults therein, and to provide all necessary labor and for interments therein. The Potter's Field on Hart island, however, shall remain under the control of the department of correction until the earlier of (i) the commissioner laying out additional Potter's Fields, or (ii) July 1, 2021, at which time Hart island shall be under the control of the department of parks and recreation. At such time, burial of deceased paupers at Hart island shall occur under rules and regulations established by either the joint action of the departments of social services and parks and recreation, or by action of another agency designated by the mayor. (Am. L.L. 2019/210, 12/4/2019, eff. 6/1/2020)
