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An Elmhurst, Queens, parking lot sits atop a former cemetery where once-enslaved New Yorkers are buried. Aug. 17, 2026. (Alex Krales/The City Reporter)
“We want them reinterred and their stories told," the Rev. Kimberly Detherage of St. Mark African Methodist Episcopal Church told The City Reporter. "To erase a burial ground, you erase the people in it. You erase the contributions they made to the community."
The Elmhurst site attracted national attention in 2011 when an iron coffin containing the remains of a freed slave who died around 1850 was unearthed during construction of luxury condos on the property. A subsequent archaeological exploration there uncovered multiple graves, including 10 people whose remains were disinterred for study and have remained off site in storage ever since.
Chrysalis Archaeological Consultants, the firm in possession of the remains, said it also wants to find a way to properly reinter them. “We should have respect for these things,” said Alyssa Loorya, Chrysalis’ president and principal investigator. “That is part of our culture [as archaeologists].”
But the former burial ground’s future is complicated by the fact that its owner defaulted on its mortgage, leading to foreclosure. And a different company that bought the original loan and controls the property wants to sell it to recover at least some of the $6.5 million it’s owed.
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The death toll from this summer’s Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side has risen to 11 after city health officials announced two more people died in connection with the bygone cluster.
“We are deeply saddened by every life lost, and our hearts are with the families and loved ones who are grieving,” Health Commissioner Alister Martin said in a statement Friday evening. He noted no one else remained hospitalized from the outbreak.
“While the cluster has been closed for four weeks, our scientists continue working to match samples from cooling towers with samples from patients,” Martin added, referring to building systems from which infectious Legionella bacteria spread via mist. “We expect those findings in September, and we will share them publicly.”
The revelation comes just days before the City Council is set to grill Mamdani administration officials Wednesday at an oversight hearing about their handling of the outbreak, which sickened nearly 100 people and was first detected on July 2. Council Speaker Julie Menin said in a statement Friday that lawmakers “will closely examine how this tragic outbreak occurred and what additional actions and policies are needed to better protect New Yorkers.”
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