Elmsford, N.Y., Consumers One Step Closer to Real Choice for Cable TV

Elmsford, N.Y., Consumers One Step Closer to Real Choice for Cable TV

Residents of this Westchester County village are a major step closer to having a real choice for their cable television services, thanks to a recently approved agreement authorizing Verizon to offer its FiOS TV service. The board of trustees in Elmsford voted unanimously Monday night (Jan. 22) to approve a video franchise for Verizon.

“This is great news for residents of Elmsford, who now have a new choice for their video entertainment,” said Monica Azare, Verizon senior vice president for New York and Connecticut. “Choice and competition drive innovation, value and service quality, and we will continue to compete for New York consumers’ communications, broadband and video business with our FiOS services.”

Elmsford joins a growing list of New York communities that are paving the way for competition and choice in the television market. In addition to Elmsford, Verizon has been granted video franchises by 25 other communities, including the Town of Greenburgh and the villages of Irvington, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Tarrytown, Eastchester and Mount Kisco in Westchester County. Verizon has also received video franchises from the Rockland County communities of Nyack, South Nyack, Upper Nyack, Grandview-on-Hudson and Clarkstown, and on Long Island in the villages of Massapequa Park, Cedarhurst, Laurel Hollow, Lynbrook, Mineola, East Rockaway, Farmingdale, Valley Stream and Freeport, and the towns of Huntington, Smithtown, Hempstead and Oyster Bay.

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