Useful Links

  • NYC Department of Correction
    Office of Public Affairs
    60 Hudson St. Room 608
    New York, NY 10013
    212-266-1414

    Commissioner, Dora Schriro
    Deputy Commissioner Stephen Morello

  • If you have a death certificate that says City Cemetery (CC) or City Burial (CB), you can contact Stephen Morello for an appointment to visit.

  • If you find your relative in the database, you must order a copy of the death certificate before requesting a visit. This can be done on-line or in person at the Department of Health. (see link below) New York State requires that you be a child, parent, spouse or otherwise legally eligible to obtain a death certificate.

    To see record books from 1872-1881 that  mysteriously are not  at the Municipal Archives contact: Correction History Archives

  • Burial Records from 1883-1961 are available on microfilm at the Municipal Archives in Manhattan at 31 Chambers St.

    List of records currently available at Municipal Archives.

  • Office of the Medical Examiner

  • Order a Death Certificate in New York City

  • List of Public Hospitals in New York City

  • Information on how to apply for NYC Burial Assistance
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