New area code coming to the region

‘914,’ ‘845’ … and now ‘329’

Beginning March 24, 2023, the New York State Public Service Commission will launch a new area code for the Hudson Valley.

Area code ‘329’ will be the new digits for residential, business and wireless customers opening a new mobile or landline service or adding a line, or moving the location of their service. The new 329-area code will be superimposed over the same geographical area as the existing 845-area code. The 845-area code serves all or parts of Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster and Westchester counties, and includes the cities of Kingston, Poughkeepsie and Newburgh and the towns of Haverstraw, Woodstock, and Ramapo.

Numbers in the 329-area code region will not be available for assignment until remaining numbers in the 845-area code are exhausted.

This change will impact new telephone service lines, or additional service lines, and will not affect your existing telephone number and area code.

Why the change? “As a result of a strong demand for telecommunication services in the Hudson Valley and Catskills regions due to economic growth, the New York State Public Service Commission in early 2022 approved a new area code for the area served by 845 using an area code overlay. An overlay occurs when multiple area codes serve the same geographical area,” the state PSC said in a statement.

‘329’ facts:

Current telephone numbers, including current area code, will not change;
All calls within and between 845/329 must be dialed with 10 digits;
Consumers will continue to dial 1+ area code + telephone number for all calls to other area codes;
What is a local call will continue to remain a local call;
The price of a call, and the price of other telephone services, will not change due to the new overlay area code;
Calls to reach 911 Emergency Service will remain three digits;
If 211, 311, 411, 511, 611, 711, or 811 services are currently available in the community, consumers will still dial these codes with just three digits

https://dps.ny.gov/21-c-0600-new-329-area-code-mid-hudson-region

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