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of a numbering plan area that comprises the entirety of New York City. Area code 212 is the original code assigned for all of the city in 1947. After a restriction of 212 to just
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except the three boroughs that originally had the 718 code, and Bronx residents telephoning
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kept 212. Amid protests from local officials and state lawmakers, the commission was persuaded by New York
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