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State lawmakers and consumer advocates are taking a stand against robocalls with a new bill to stop automated phone calls from hitting New Yorkers’ phones without their prior consent. Sen. Brad Hoylman and Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou, along with consumer advocates, held a press conference in Albany on Tuesday revealing the […]
Sen. Brad Hoylman, D-Greenwich Village, recently announced new legislation that would protect New Yorkers from harassment by unwanted and intrusive robocalls on both landlines and cell phones. The bill (S.8674/A.10739) would prohibit telephone companies from calling consumers without required consent and would mandate that companies offer consumers free tools to […]