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Robocalls in New York

New York consumers have filed 49,615 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 40,752 different phone numbers between 2014-01-08 and 2026-11-03 — 4.9% of all state-attributed complaints, ranking 4 nationally. Complaints in the last 12 months are up 13% on the 12 months before that.

49,615
FCC complaints
25,721
FTC DNC reports
7,156
FTC reports, last 30 days
#4
National rank (FCC)

What New York residents are reporting

25,721 FTC Do Not Call complaints from New York since Jul 24. The most common named subject is debt reduction, at 32%. 72% of complainants who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Complaint subjects

  • Other / unspecified8,90035%
  • Debt reduction8,33532%
  • Impostor (government, business, family)2,68510%
  • No subject given1,9718%
  • Dropped call / no message1,7167%
  • Medical & prescriptions7603%
  • Warranties & protection plans3771%

When the calls come (as reported)

30% between 11am and 2pm; 89% on weekdays, most on Wednesdays.

Week by week

7,308 complaints from New York in the last four weeks, level with the four weeks before.

Neighbor spoofing in New York

22% of the calls New York residents reported showed the resident's own area code, and 36% showed a New York area code of any kind. 16% came from toll-free numbers. Most calls here don't pretend to be local, so a familiar area code is less of a warning sign than in states where spoofing dominates. How neighbor spoofing works.

What the caller ID showed

  • The resident's own area code5,61522%
  • Another New York area code3,76714%
  • Toll-free number4,22816%
  • Out-of-state area code12,11148%

Area codes on the calls

  • 631 (New York)9924%
  • 8339124%
  • 518 (New York)8203%
  • 516 (New York)7383%
  • 8667283%
  • 917 (New York)7203%

New York area codes

Each county is coloured by the area code that holds most of its phone prefixes. Overlay codes share one territory and one colour. Complaint counts are from New York residents since Jul 24.

Map of New York counties coloured by area code: 518/838, 315/680, 607, 585, 329/845, 212/332/347/465/646/718/917/929, 624/716, 914, 363/516, 631/934
Built from NANPA prefix assignments and US Census Bureau county boundaries. Area codes follow exchange boundaries, so county colours are approximate at the edges.
Area codeResidents' complaintsCalls showing it
212 · 332 · 347 · 465 · 646 · 718 · 917 · 9299,5443,179
631 · 9342,0731,094
363 · 5161,891762
518 · 8381,873995
624 · 7161,677598
315 · 6801,469719
329 · 8451,438617
5851,391434
9141,244640
607782344

Likely campaigns reaching New York

11% of New York's FTC complaints in the campaign window match one of these statistical groupings: many numbers, the same complaint, the same pattern. They don't identify who is calling.

New York complaint volume by year

Unwanted-call complaints filed with the FCC by New York consumers each year. The shape of this curve reflects both actual call volume and how aware consumers are that the FCC complaint centre exists.

Area codes most reported in New York

The displayed area code of numbers reported by New York consumers — often, but not always, a local code, because spoofing favours familiar-looking numbers.

How the calls reached New York

Prerecorded Voice
23,140
Live Voice
15,815
Abandoned Calls
6,756
Text Message
3,528
Autodialed Live Voice Call
282
Email
9
Wireless (cell phone)
26,316
Wired
15,831
Internet (VOIP)
7,431

Numbers New York residents reported this month

The numbers New York consumers reported most to the FTC's Do Not Call Registry in the last 30 days — 7,156 reports in all, 893 of them this week; 72% were described as robocalls. Click a number for what it was reported for.

What New York residents were called about this month

  • Other / unspecified
    2,525
  • Debt reduction
    2,291
  • Impostor (government, business, family)
    754
  • Dropped call / no message
    577
  • No subject given
    450
  • Medical & prescriptions
    206
  • Warranties & protection plans
    91
  • Energy, solar & utilities
    62

Numbers most reported to the FCC by New York consumers

Ranked by how many New York FCC complaints name them, limited to the last five years. A number appearing here means people in New York reported receiving calls that displayed it — not that its owner placed them.

Do Not Call protection in New York

New York formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.

Whatever your state does, the federal National Do Not Call Registry applies, and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives you a private right of action against certain unlawful calls. Report unwanted calls at the FCC complaint centre and fraud at ReportFraud.ftc.gov. In New York, the New York Attorney General also takes consumer complaints about scam calls.

Do Not Call classification per National Association of Attorneys General — history of Do Not Call. This is general information, not legal advice.

New York robocall FAQs

What are New York robocalls about right now?

Since 2026-07-24, New York residents filed 25,721 FTC Do Not Call complaints. The most common named subject was debt reduction, at 32% of complaints, and 72% of callers who answered said the call was a recorded message.

Are spam calls in New York using local numbers?

Often. 22% of the calls New York residents reported to the FTC showed the resident's own area code, and 36% showed a New York area code of any kind; 16% came from toll-free numbers. A local-looking number is no evidence the caller is local.

When do robocalls hit New York?

30% of complaints that give a call time describe calls between 11am and 2pm local time as reported.

How many robocall complaints do New York residents file?

New York consumers have filed 49,615 unwanted-call complaints with the FCC against 40,752 distinct phone numbers, covering 2014-01-08 to 2026-11-03. That is 4.9% of all state-attributed complaints in the dataset, ranking New York 4 among US states and territories by complaint volume.

Does New York have its own Do Not Call list?

New York formally adopted the FTC's National Do Not Call Registry as its own state list rather than running a separate one, so a single free registration at donotcall.gov covers you. State authorities can still enforce against telemarketers who ignore it, in addition to any federal penalty.

Where do the calls reported in New York come from?

The FCC records the state the person filing the complaint was in, not where the caller was. Because caller ID is easily spoofed, a call reported in New York may have been placed from anywhere in the world and may have displayed a New York number that belongs to an uninvolved person. Area code alone tells you nothing reliable about a caller's location.

What kind of calls are reported most in New York?

Prerecorded Voice is the most-reported category in New York, accounting for 23,140 of the 49,615 complaints (47%). Live Voice is second with 15,815.

Complaint figures from the FCC Consumer Complaint Data Center, imported nightly, and FTC Do Not Call complaints (unverified consumer reports), published every weekday. The state recorded is the state the complainant filed from.