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2023-04-17 19:28:02 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A7826FFB1C43F7DB70738BD249262EF1CD8C03349DA303F2082E0077AC43A9CC
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Hart Island has been used as a burial site for unclaimed remains since the 19th century. While NYC mayor DeBlasio acknowledged that the numbers of burials had increased during COVID, he stated that they were individual burials and not "mass graves". https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/11/us/hart-island-coronavirus-burials/index.html
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