Cuomo budget plan includes death database
Quick ReadDying might get a tad more expensive in New York.
Photo credit: Charles Eckert | New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo speaks to the media in Old Westbury. (July 27, 2011)
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Dying might get a tad more expensive in New York.
Tucked into the hundreds of pages of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's proposed budget is this new fee: $20 for the state to launch a death certificate database.
The administration said it proposed the fee in consultation with the New York State Funeral Directors' Association.
New York is one of just seven states that don't have a system to...
