The county is changing the way it covers the cost of providing indigent burial assistance, but it isn’t increasing the amount it gives to applicants. During a County Legislature committee meeting last night, Scott Adair, the county’s chief financial officer, said that officials are budgeting $550,000 to $750,000 in indigent burial assistance payments for 2013. […]
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City socked again
A new fee to cover the cost of indigent burials included in County Executive Maggie Brooks’s 2013 budget proposal would disproportionately affect city residents and is “offensive and reprehensible.”
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Week ahead: Votes on indigent burial, cops in truancy program
When the County Legislature’s Agenda/Charter Committee meets this afternoon, it’ll take up a Democratic referral regarding indigent burials. The Democratic proposal would require the county to provide a permanent marker for anyone buried through the county’s burial assistance program. The marker would contain the deceased’s name, date of birth, and date of death. The legislation […]
