Verizon New York

Verizon New York Inc. provides wireline telecommunications services. It offers exchange telecommunication services and exchange access services. The company’s exchange telecommunications services include switched local residential and business services, local private line voice and data services, and centrex services; and toll services within and outside local access and transport areas distance. Its exchange access services comprise switched access and special access services. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Empire City Subway Company, primarily engages in the business of leasing underground conduit in Manhattan and the Bronx, principally to the company, as well as to other companies in the telecommunications business. It also offers long distance services; and FiOS TV services for residential and small business subscribers. Verizon New York serves a territory consisting of local access and transport areas in New York, as well as a small portion of Connecticut. The company was founded in 1896 and is based in New York, New York. As of December 31, 2003, Verizon New York Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc.