N.Y. NPC Law § 1510-B
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Availability for interment on six-day basis
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§ 1510-b. Availability for interment on six-day basis.\n Every cemetery corporation shall be available for interments at least\nsix days per week, excluding legal holidays, as set forth in the\ncemetery's regulations or in accordance with its practices. Any cemetery\nwhich maintains and designates a burial section for persons of a\nparticular religious belief must remain available for grave openings and\ninterments Sunday through Friday or other six-day period in accordance\nwith the religious and/or ethnic traditions of the persons interred in\nsaid religious section. Nothing in this section shall require a cemetery\nto provide grave openings and/or interments if they are otherwise unable\nto do so as to direct consequence of severe weather conditions or other\nsimilar conditions.\n
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