No, NYC Is Not Running Out of Burial Space Due to COVID-19 – Reason.com

No, NYC Is Not Running Out of Burial Space Due to COVID-19 – Reason.com
"...So are images of coffins being buried in mass graves.
It's hard to see things like that and not feel the weight of those numbers all the more viscerally—which makes it all the more imperative to contextualize and not sensationalize those images.
Unfortunately, a lot of professional media has been erring on the side of LOOK AT WHAT AMERICA HAS COME TO: THERE ARE SO MANY DEAD BODIES THEY HAVE TO START HIRING PEOPLE TO DIG MASS GRAVES.
The city cemetery on Hart Island is indeed tragic.
It has been for the past 151 years.
"Since 1980, 68,955 people have been buried in mass graves on Hart Island," notes the Project, which is dedicated to telling stories of those laid to rest there.
That's around 1,724 people per year, 33 per week, or a little under five per day for the past 40 years. New York City Department of Corrections spokesman Jason Kersten puts the average a little lower..."
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