Last Call: NYC will reportedly remove last remaining payphones from the streets

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

New York City will reportedly remove the last remaining payphones from the streets.

City workers will remove 30 payphones in Hell's Kitchen by the end of March, then rip out about 3,000 more payphones across the five boroughs, according to Gothamist.

City Council Speaker Corey Johnson got on the case after residents complained about the high number of unused phones taking up sidewalk space.

Several of the Hell's Kitchen payphones will be replaced with Link NYC internet kiosks.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/last-call-nyc-will-reportedly-remove-last-remaining-payphones-from-the-streets/ar-BB10ztV9?li=BBnbcA1

I thought Verizon was the Local Exchange Carrier for NYC. Did they manage to get the city to take over pay phones?

[DURHAM D]

1. Oh no. March 10th is Int. Find a Pay Phone Booth Day

http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/March/pay-phone-booth-day.htm

[IcyPeas]

2. Is there a museum for these type of things?

[markpkessinger]

3. As a resident of Hell's Kitchen . . .

. . . I wish they would retain at least a few of these. Most of the time, of course, I use my cell phone. But there are those occasions, such as when I'm out of the house, my phone's battery has died and I don't happen to have a charger cable with me, and yet I still urgently need to make a call, when a pay phone is essential!