New York Consolidated Laws
N.Y. Transportation Corporations Law § 25 (2026)
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§ 25. Definitions. A telegraph corporation is a corporation organized to construct, own, use and maintain a line or lines of electric telegraph wholly within or partly without this state, or to acquire and own any interest in any such line or lines, or any grants therefor or for any or all of such purposes. A telephone corporation is a corporation organized to construct, own, use and maintain a line or lines of electric telephone wholly within or partly without the state, or to acquire and own any interest in any such line or lines, or any grants therefor or for any or all of such purposes. A telegraph and telephone corporation is a corporation organized for both such telegraph and telephone purposes.
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cases, 1992–1993 · leading case: Cellular Tel. Co. v. Rosenberg, 624 N.E.2d 990 (N.Y. 1993).
Cellular Tel. Co. v. Rosenberg, 624 N.E.2d 990 (N.Y. 1993). “Respondent Cellular Telephone Company (Cellular One), formerly known as Metro One, is a telephone corporation (Public Service Law § 2 [17]; Transportation Corporations Law § 25) and a public utility company (Public Service Law § 2 *368 [23]; 1 see also, Village Law § 5-524 [6]…”
Cellular Tel. Co. v. Rosenberg, 153 Misc. 2d 302 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1992). “) It is undisputed that Metro One is a telephone corporation pursuant to Transportation Corporations Law § 25. Further, Metro One provides cellular telephone service in New York under a franchise pursuant to Public Service Law §99 and by certificate of public convenience and…”
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