It is the policy of the state, as stated in N-PCL section 1501, "to prevent cemeteries from falling into disrepair and dilapidation and becoming a burden upon the community." The Cemetery Board has adopted these rules and regulations to set forth procedures to involve all stakeholders early-on to avoid abandonment, and to determine that a cemetery has become abandoned.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 19 § 202.1