Area Code: Virtual public statement hearings (1pm & 6pm) regarding possible new area code in NYC

Virtual public statement hearings will be held before Administrative Law Judges (ALJs) Nicholas Planty and James Costello on: 

DATE: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 
TIME: 1:00 p.m. 
Electronic Access: www.webex.com 
Meeting Number: 2332 159 9882 
Meeting Password: OCT01-1pm 

Phone-Only Access: 518-549-0500 
Access Code: 2332 159 9882 
Password: 62801017 

DATE: Tuesday, October 1, 2024 
TIME: 6:00 P.M. 
Electronic Access: www.webex.com 
Meeting Number: 2342 180 3746 
Meeting Password: OCT01-6PM 

Phone-Only Access: 518-549-0500 
Access Code: 2342 180 3746 
Password: 62801067 

Department of Public Service (Department) staff will conduct a brief informational presentation before each hearing. Those wishing to comment on any aspect of this proceeding will have the opportunity to make a statement on the record at the virtual public statement hearings. 

To participate electronically

This option is for participants who would like to make a statement and who will log in to a hearing electronically. Such participants may log in at the date and time indicated above by visiting www.webex.com, clicking “Join a Meeting” at the top right-hand corner of the screen, entering the appropriate meeting number and meeting password (listed above), clicking “Join Meeting”, and providing all requested information. When logging in on the date and time of the hearing, participants will be asked to “select audio system.” It is recommended that participants opt to have the system “call me” or “call using computer.” The “call me” option requires participants to enter their phone numbers. 

To participate by phone

This option is for participants who would like to make a statement but who will not be logging in electronically. On the date and time of the hearing, call-in participants should dial (518) 549-0500 and enter the appropriate access code and password listed above. 

To listen to the hearing without making a statement

To listen to a hearing by phone, call 518-549-0500 and enter the appropriate access code and password listed above.

All participants will be muted upon entry into the hearing. The ALJs will call upon each person who has asked to make a statement when it is their turn to speak. The ALJs will continue the hearing until everyone wishing to speak has been heard or other reasonable arrangements to submit comments into the record have been made. Reasonable time limits may be set for each speaker as necessary to afford all attendees an opportunity to be heard. It is recommended that lengthy comments be submitted in writing and summarized for oral presentation. Verbatim transcripts of the hearings will be made for inclusion in the record of this case.

Persons with disabilities requiring special accommodations should call the Department’s Human Resources Management Office at 518-474-2520 as soon as possible. TDD users may request a sign language interpreter by placing a call through the New York Relay Service at 711. Individuals with difficulty understanding or reading English are encouraged to call the Department at 1-800-342-3377 for free language assistance services regarding this Notice.

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Case 24-C-0314 - Petition of the North American Numbering Plan Administrator on Behalf of the New York Telecommunications Industry for Relief of the 347/718/917/929 Numbering Plan Area.

Comments are requested concerning a petition filed on May 22, 2024, by the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA) on behalf of the New York telecommunications industry for relief of the 347/718/917/929 numbering plan area (NPA). In the petition, NANPA seeks authorization to overlay a new telephone area code within the NPA, which includes the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and the Marble Hill section of Manhattan. NANPA seeks approval of the proposed new area code in time for it to be implemented six months prior to the NPA’s currently projected exhaust date, which is the fourth quarter of 2026. Per the petition, all existing wireline and wireless telephone customers in the overlay area would retain their current ten-digit telephone numbers (area code plus seven-digit telephone number) and the new area code would be assigned in response to requests for new phone numbers after the 347/718/917/929 area codes are fully exhausted.