{"id":2959,"date":"2020-03-30T09:53:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T14:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/?post_type=press&#038;p=2959"},"modified":"2020-07-13T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T17:27:34","slug":"funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Funeralocity CEO Talks With Newsday.Com About The High Cost Of Dying On Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LONG ISLAND, NY,  February 28, 2020 \u2014 Newsday recently published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsday.com\/business\/funeral-prices-funeralocity-1.42300001\">an article<\/a> about a report distributed by Funeralocity that showed Long Island is the most expensive place in the country for a full-service funeral. At $9,744, the average funeral in Long Island is 31% more expensive than the national average of $7,422. Funeralocity\u2019s report was based on data from over 17,000 funeral homes in the U.S. Funeralocity\u2019s CEO Ed Michael Reggie said, \u201cLong Island is the perfect storm of factors: Families don\u2019t shop around for funerals, prices aren\u2019t posted online, religious traditions in Long Island create a very strong demand for burials (rather than cremations), funeral directors feel they can keep increasing their fees.\u201d There are also many other costs that aren\u2019t factored into Funeralocity\u2019s report, including a religious ceremony, buying a cemetery plot, and the burial.<\/p>\n<p>According to the National Funeral Directors Association, fewer than 20% of American funeral homes list prices for their services on their website. This makes shopping around difficult for grieving families. Funeralocity\u2019s goal is to help make the costs of end-of-life services more transparent by listing the prices of thousands of funeral homes. Being able to compare pricing will help ease the financial burden of paying for a funeral or cremation for grieving families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2959","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"section_type":"in_the_news","news_content_type":"inner_post","news_image":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/funeralocity\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1599019425\/blog-share-nd\/blog-share-nd.jpg?_i=AA","full_width_image":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/funeralocity\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1599019425\/blog-share-nd\/blog-share-nd.jpg?_i=AA","show_on_page":[],"outer_link":"","is_local_video":false,"inner_video":false,"video_image":false,"popularity":"0"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Funeralocity CEO Talks With Newsday.Com About The High Cost Of Dying On Long Island - Knowledge Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Funeralocity CEO Talks With Newsday.Com About The High Cost Of Dying On Long Island\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LONG ISLAND, NY, February 28, 2020 \u2014 Newsday recently published an article about a report distributed by Funeralocity that showed Long Island is the most expensive place in the country for a full-service funeral. At $9,744, the average funeral in Long Island is 31% more expensive than the national average of $7,422. Funeralocity\u2019s report was [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Knowledge Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/funeralocity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-07-13T17:27:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@funeralocity\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/media-center\\\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/media-center\\\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\\\/\",\"name\":\"Funeralocity CEO Talks With Newsday.Com About The High Cost Of Dying On Long Island - Knowledge Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-30T14:53:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-07-13T17:27:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/media-center\\\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/media-center\\\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/media-center\\\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Knowledge Center\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Funeralocity CEO Talks With Newsday.Com About The High Cost Of Dying On Long Island\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Knowledge Center\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Funeralocity\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/res.cloudinary.com\\\/funeralocity\\\/images\\\/f_auto,q_auto\\\/v1599020408\\\/logo_hgzimk\\\/logo_hgzimk.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/res.cloudinary.com\\\/funeralocity\\\/images\\\/f_auto,q_auto\\\/v1599020408\\\/logo_hgzimk\\\/logo_hgzimk.jpg\",\"width\":259,\"height\":110,\"caption\":\"Funeralocity\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.funeralocity.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/funeralocity\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/funeralocity\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/funeralocity\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Funeralocity CEO Talks With Newsday.Com About The High Cost Of Dying On Long Island - Knowledge Center","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Funeralocity CEO Talks With Newsday.Com About The High Cost Of Dying On Long Island","og_description":"LONG ISLAND, NY, February 28, 2020 \u2014 Newsday recently published an article about a report distributed by Funeralocity that showed Long Island is the most expensive place in the country for a full-service funeral. At $9,744, the average funeral in Long Island is 31% more expensive than the national average of $7,422. Funeralocity\u2019s report was [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/","og_site_name":"Knowledge Center","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/funeralocity\/","article_modified_time":"2020-07-13T17:27:34+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@funeralocity","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/","url":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/","name":"Funeralocity CEO Talks With Newsday.Com About The High Cost Of Dying On Long Island - Knowledge Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-03-30T14:53:10+00:00","dateModified":"2020-07-13T17:27:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/media-center\/funeralocity-ceo-talks-with-newsday-com-about-the-high-cost-of-dying-on-long-island\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Knowledge Center","item":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Funeralocity CEO Talks With Newsday.Com About The High Cost Of Dying On Long Island"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/","name":"Knowledge Center","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Funeralocity","url":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/funeralocity\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1599020408\/logo_hgzimk\/logo_hgzimk.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/funeralocity\/images\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1599020408\/logo_hgzimk\/logo_hgzimk.jpg","width":259,"height":110,"caption":"Funeralocity"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/funeralocity\/","https:\/\/x.com\/funeralocity","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/funeralocity\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/2959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.funeralocity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}