Suffolk County’s new 631 area code goes into effect today, giving Long Island two area codes for the first time. The changeover will be complete by April 1, which also will mark an end to a grace ...

Next month Suffolk County residents will have to start dialing their 631 area code even when calling phone numbers that share their area code, according to telephone service providers. Starting June ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- A new area code will soon be coming to telephone customers in Suffolk County. In order to ensure that the supply of telephone numbers does not run out, the new 934 area ...

NEW YORK -- Parts of Long Island could soon see a new area code and 10-digit dialing as the existing supply of telephone numbers quickly dwindles. A state agency this week proposed splitting up ...

YAPHANK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) --Suffolk County is getting a second area code. The state Public Service Commission approved the new code on Thursday, saying the existing 631 code is running out of ...

The New York State Public Service Commission today approved a second area code for Suffolk County, but residents and businesses will be able to keep their existing numbers with the familiar 631 prefix ...

Move over, area code 631. It looks like you're not going to be the only code in town. At the root of it, 631 "is running out of assignable telephone numbers, and implementation of a new area code is ...

Parts of Long Island could soon see a new area code and 10-digit dialing as the existing supply of telephone numbers quickly dwindles. A state agency this week proposed splitting up Suffolk County ...

With assignable phone numbers carrying the 631 area code projected to be depleted by early 2016, the state Public Service Commission is planning four public statement hearings July 15 and 16 in ...