New York is running out of 845 area code phone numbers. The state Public Service Commission is considering creating a new area code to solve that problem, and area residents will have three chances to ...

The new additional area code for the Mid-Hudson Valley region will be 329, the New York State Public Service Commission announced Wednesday. The new overlay, which officials expect to go into effect ...

Major cell phone carriers have started to adopt a new technology that helps direct callers to the 988 suicide and crisis hotline to help centers based on their physical location rather than their ...

What’s in an area code? A lot, it seems — identity, status, nostalgia, all wrapped up in three little numbers. This is why more than a few Hudson Valley locals are grappling with the fact that come ...

The US Federal Communications Commission has taken the first step toward adopting a rule that would require telecommunications companies to route calls to the 988 suicide and crisis lifeline based on ...

(WHTM) — It has been three months since the 988 Suicide and Crisis lifeline rolled out, centers are seeing a rise in call volume. However, those calls are dispatched by area code which means if ...

Beginning in the third quarter of next year, residents of what would otherwise be known as the 845 area code region looking for new phone service or an additional line will likely be given a 329 area ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — The state Public Service Commission will hold virtual hearings on Wednesday, March 16, and Wednesday, March 23, to get public comment regarding a petition to add a new phone area code ...

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