New York considers loosening requirements for funeral directors as bodies pile up

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is considering allowing out-of-state funeral directors to work in New York under the license of an existing practitioner

, the number of burials has increased from 30 or fewer a week to 100 a week, the department confirmed.

They number of deceased is overwhelming their systems — so, too, is a shortage of workers at both crematories and cemeteries, where workers are getting sick, and where operators, in an effort to protect their workers, have moved people into shifts. To that end, he sought help from Council Member Justin Brannan, who represents Bay Ridge and passed on his request to the authorities.

But mobile crematories — or “retorts,” as they are known — have been “part of the mass casualty planning that’s around for a while,” Fleming said. “These retorts are available and they would most likely be run by cemeteries and Department of Defense employees.” “Obviously the flame has to consume the casket, as well as the body,” Fleming said. “It slows us down significantly when funeral directors are selling ornate caskets to people during a pandemic.”

 

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Julie Kelly It’s your patriotic duty to remain under house arrest, sit helpless as the economy crashes and live in fear/panic because Cuomo/DeBlasio ignored the outbreak, did nothing to prepare, and let hundreds of thousands of potentially infected travelers into NYC for months.

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Another tRump success in reducing the regulatory burden.

Licenses for any profession not freely transferring to any state is a long time scam

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