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Reforms after NY 'wrong grave' errors

Quick ReadNY town launches cemetery reforms, acknowledges 3 'wrong grave' errors in a year

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Reforms are being made after a Long Island town acknowledged three cemetery errors in less than a year that left coffins in the wrong grave sites.

The Town of Hempstead said Wednesday that an official at Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale has been suspended and will be reassigned. It said he didn't notify next of kin before recently having a body moved out of the wrong...

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