NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Start spreading the news. The "212" area code is slipping out of New York City thanks to Internet-based phone companies. The coveted digits that mean so much to so many are ...

A new area code was released to New Yorkers on Saturday — but no one wants it. Not one New Yorker has called for a 929 number, according to the North American Numbering Plan Administration. 929 joined ...

A man uses his phone while riding the subway in New York, U.S., August 24, 2016. Picture taken August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - The looming arrival ...

In today's edition of A NY Times Study In Rich People, a couple moving to New York from Boston yearns for "his-and-her" 212 area codes, because nothing says MANHATTAN like shelling out hundreds of ...

The 212 area code is under attack! Those three little numbers may not be the perfect piece of affordable Manhattan ownership you thought they were. As Todd Shields & Scott Moritz reported in Bloomberg ...

If you’ve nabbed a highly sought-after rent-controlled apartment, what’s next on your list of hot city items? Try a 212 area code. The area code, typically used for Manhattan landlines, is the latest ...