The Board of Estitnates at its session this morning will hear the complaints of the New York Orthodox Rabbis’ Council (Vaad Ha’rabonim) against the proposal of the city to cut through Jewish cemeteries in extending the Hylan Boulevard in Queens.
The plan is to extend the Boulevard to Forest Parkway. This would involve the removal of graves from the Cypress Hills and Mount Carmel cemeteries. According to the plan which was worked out in 1914, 949 graves would have been affected. The plan of 1924 would necessitate the removal of 432 graves, 22 in Mount Carmel Cemetery and 410 in Cypress Hills.
Each time the plan came up, it met with protests on the part of the Jewish community.
The committee which will appear before the Board of Estimates this morning is composed of Rabbi Nachman H. Ebin. Rabbi Abraham Miller and Rabbi Aaron D. Burak.
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