Last week we uncovered some of New York City’s former cemeteries that are now populated with park-goers and hotel residents. This week, we’re taking a closer look at a cemetery that rarely receives ...

Hart Island, a potter’s field where New York City has buried its unclaimed dead for more than a century, will finally accept visitors this year. Prisoners leveling the ground on Hart Island in 1983.

New Yorkers with loved ones buried at the city’s public cemetery on Hart Island say they want their gravesites protected and a voice in the process as officials look to increase access to the ...