N.Y. PBS Law § 92-A

* § 92-a. Special telephone equipment for deaf and hard of hearing\npersons. 1. The commission shall require any regulated landline\ntelephone corporation providing local exchange service to sell or lease\nspecial telecommunication equipment to a person certified as deaf or\nhard of hearing where the addition of such equipment is necessary to\nenable such person to access and utilize the local exchange network. The\nsale of such equipment shall be at an amount not to exceed the actual\npurchase price by the corporation and the lease of such equipment shall\nbe at a rate to be determined by the commission. Any person who leases\nsuch equipment shall be permitted to apply the lease payments toward the\nequipment's purchase.\n 2. The commission shall authorize the establishment of the New York\ntelecommunications relay service workforce. In developing a request for\nproposals to provide telecommunications relay service the commission\nshall include the following minimum provisions:\n (a) The provider of telecommunications relay service shall, in\nperforming services under a contract awarded pursuant to this\nsubdivision, employ or engage a workforce, all of whom shall reside\nwithin Onondaga county or an adjoining county within the state of New\nYork;\n (b) A minimum of eighty percent of all calls utilizing\ntelecommunications relay service must be routed to and through the New\nYork telecommunications relay service workforce; and\n (c) A contract to provide telecommunications relay service shall be\nrenewable for up to five years, and the commission shall be empowered to\npromulgate and adopt all regulations required to implement the terms of\nthis subdivision.\n * NB Effective until June 30, 2030\n * § 92-a. Special telephone equipment for deaf and hard of hearing\npersons. The commission shall require any regulated landline telephone\ncorporation providing local exchange service to sell or lease special\ntelecommunication equipment to a person certified as deaf or hard of\nhearing where the addition of such equipment is necessary to enable such\nperson to access and utilize the local exchange network. The sale of\nsuch equipment shall be at an amount not to exceed the actual purchase\nprice by the corporation and the lease of such equipment shall be at a\nrate to be determined by the commission. Any person who leases such\nequipment shall be permitted to apply the lease payments toward the\nequipment's purchase.\n * NB Effective June 30, 2030\n