{"id":352906,"date":"2026-09-21T22:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T22:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352906\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T22:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T22:58:09","slug":"assemblyman-angelino-calls-for-public-hearings-over-verizon-landline-termination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/352906\/","title":{"rendered":"Assemblyman Angelino calls for public hearings over Verizon landline termination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">NEW YORK (WBNG) &#8212; New York State Assemblyman Joseph Angelino is urging federal and state regulators to hold public hearings following Verizon\u2019s decision to discontinue landline telephone service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Norwich Republican directed his appeal to both the Federal Communications Commission and the New York Public Service Commission to address the potential impact on rural residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIn areas such as rural upstate New York, many folks still use a landline for their communications due to the unreliable nature of rural cell service,\u201d Angelino said. \u201cFor a decision that will impact so many people, multiple public hearings are needed to ensure the people\u2019s voices are heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The service termination will also affect Frontier Communications customers, as Verizon operates as the provider\u2019s parent company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Angelino noted that approximately 40% of New York households still maintain landlines, with reliance running significantly higher across rural communities where cellular reception remains inconsistent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI am calling on both the FCC and the PSC to immediately hold these hearings. I am also urging anyone who has a complaint or concern to contact the FCC by visiting the website here or by calling 1-888-225-5322; you can also reach out to the PSC here or call 1-800-342-3377,\u201d Angelino said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBNG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (WBNG) &#8212; New York State Assemblyman Joseph Angelino is urging federal and state regulators to hold&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-352906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}