The Brooklyn funeral home had stored 50 bodies in four trucks in recent days, officials said.
A New York City funeral home used moving trucks loaded with ice to store dozens of bodies after running out of space, police officials said Wednesday.
The New York City Health Department issued two citations to the owner of the Brooklyn facility, Andrew T. Cleckley Funeral Services, but he was not criminally charged, two senior New York Police Department officials told NBC News. The grim scene occurred as the city's death toll from the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow. Officials have attributed more than 17,000 probable and confirmed deaths to COVID-19, the disease associated with the virus, according to data collected by the city.The officials said 50 bodies had been stored in four trucks, including rentals from U-Haul, outside the funeral home in recent days.
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