2016 New York Laws
RPP - Real Property
Article 13 - (Real Property) CEMETERY LANDS
451 - Acquisition of lands for cemetery purposes in certain counties.

 451. Acquisition of lands for cemetery purposes in certain counties.
  It  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to take by deed, devise or
  otherwise or set apart or use any land or ground in any of the  counties
  of  Westchester,  Kings,  Queens,  Richmond,  Bronx, New York, Rockland,
  Suffolk, Putnam or Nassau, for cemetery purposes without the consent  of
  the  board of supervisors for such county, or of the city council of the
  city of New York, as the case may be, first had  and  obtained  in  like
  manner  as  provided  for  in  the membership corporations law; and said
  board of supervisors or city council in granting such consent may  annex
  thereto  such conditions, regulations and restrictions as such board may
  deem the public health or the public good require.