N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 19, § 201.2
(a) The Cemetery Board will approve resale of a lot or grave owned by persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business or practice of funeral directing pursuant to article 34 of the Public Health Law prior to September 1, 1949, there being no objectionable factors, upon proof that the cemetery corporation has refused to repurchase the same as provided in section 1513(c) of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law provided that: