N.Y. Real Property Law § 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.