Broome County: Burial of Veterans Without Means (General Municipal Law 148)

Broome County's Department of Social Services runs the State's burial of veterans without means, and the Legislature's 2026 rates pay funeral directors up to $2,886 for a full-service burial or cremation of an indigent veteran or veteran's spouse, against $1,472 for an immediate burial or cremation, the only option for other indigent adults.

Also called: burial, funeral, indigent veteran, General Municipal Law 148, Social Services, cremation, funeral director, spouse, Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott, Vestal.

For: Veteran or service member, spouse, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Broome County, NYCounty

General Municipal Law 148 makes each county arrange the burial of an honorably discharged veteran, or of certain family members, who dies without enough money for a funeral; see the New York entry on burial of veterans without means. Broome County's Legislature transferred the administration of "General Municipal Law § 148 Veterans' Burials to the Department of Social Services" in 2011, and Resolution 2025-446, adopted November 20, 2025, sets the 2026 rates for the funeral homes that serve it. The 2026 rates. For a veteran or a veteran's spouse: full-service burial or cremation, $2,886; immediate burial or cremation, $1,472. For any other indigent adult only the immediate burial or cremation, $1,472, is allowed. The resolution gives a 10% increase for 2027 ($3,175 and $1,619) and 5% for 2028 ($3,334 and $1,700) if renewed. How. The family or funeral director applies to the Department of Social Services, which decides eligibility; the Veterans Service Agency (607-778-2147) also helps families with VA burial allowances and markers.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Broome County: Burial of Veterans Without Means (General Municipal Law 148)
Gate	Rule
An indigent veteran or veteran's spouse who died in Broome County	The estate and family must lack the means to pay, as Social Services decides. No rating is needed.

Sources

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Last updated 2026-10-10.

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