N.Y. NPC Law § 1506-A

§ 1506-a. Cemetery corporations; restrictions.\n (a) No cemetery corporation shall, directly or indirectly:\n (1) sell, or have, enter into or perform a lease of any of its real\nproperty to a funeral entity, or use any of its property for location of\na funeral entity;\n (2) commingle its funds with a funeral entity;\n (3) direct or carry on its business or affairs with a funeral entity;\n (4) authorize control of its business or affairs by a funeral entity;\n (5) engage in any sale or cross-marketing of goods or services with a\nfuneral entity;\n (6) have or enter into or perform a management or service contract for\ncemetery operations with a funeral entity; or\n (7) have, enter into or perform a management contract with any entity\nother than a not-for-profit cemetery corporation; provided, however,\nthat a not-for-profit cemetery corporation may enter into or perform a\nmanagement contract with a private cemetery corporation for the\noperational management of a mausoleum or columbarium by such private\ncemetery corporation provided such contract shall have first been\nauthorized by the board of the not-for-profit cemetery corporation.\n (b) Only the provisions of subdivisions one and two of paragraph (a)\nof this section shall apply to cemetery corporations with thirty acres\nor less of real property dedicated to cemetery purposes, and only to the\nextent the sale or lease is of real property dedicated to cemetery\npurposes, and such cemeteries shall not engage in the sale of funeral\nhome goods or services, except if such goods and services are otherwise\npermitted to be sold by cemeteries, nor shall a majority of the members\nof the board of directors or trustees of such cemeteries be made up of\nthe representatives of a funeral entity.\n (c) For the purposes of this section, "funeral entity" means a person,\npartnership, corporation, limited liability company or other form of\nbusiness organization providing funeral home services, or owning,\ncontrolling, conducting or affiliated with a funeral home, any\nsubsidiary thereof or an officer, director or stockholder having a ten\nper centum or greater proprietary, beneficial, equitable or credit\ninterest in a funeral home.\n