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50 West 17th Street
Ninth Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 479-1700

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Public Interest Hosted Voicemail

Setting up your Voicemail
Setting up your voicemail is straightforward:

    1. Dial your 10-digit phone number
    2. When you hear the generic voicemail greeting, you can then hang-up.

Now that you're authenticated, you have a few options for what you can do. Usually, the system prompts will guide you. One common requirement is to set up your greeting. To do this, proceed with the following:

To record your greeting:

    1. Dial 1212 479 1709 from any touch tone telephone
    2. Once the voicemail answers and prompts you for a mailbox, enter your 10-digit phone number
    3. Enter your 4-digit password (Note: Please contact us for your password)
    4. Press 0 ( zero ) for Mailbox options**
    5. Press 1 to record your Unavailable message
    6. Begin recording and press pound (#) key when finished. ( ex: You have reached XYZ company. Sorry but no one is available to answer your call at the present time. Please leave a message after the beep and someone will return your call as soon as possible. Thank you.)
    7. Press 2 to listen to what you have just recorded.
    8. Press 1 if you are satisfied with your recording or press 3 to discard and re-record the message. (NOTE: If you press 3, repeat steps 6 & 7 until you are satisfied with the recording.)

**You also have the following options:

  • Press 2 - to record Busy Message
  • Press 3 - to record your Name
  • Press 4 - to record your Temporary Message
  • Press 5 - to Change your password

 

Checking your Voicemail
Follow this easy steps to listen to your voicemail:

    1. Dial 1212 479 1709 from any touch tone telephone
    2. Once the voicemail answers and prompts you for a mailbox, enter your 10-digit phone number
    3. The voicemail will then prompt you for a password, enter your code
    4. Press 2 to Change folders. You then have the following options:
    • Press 0 (zero)- to listen to new messages
    • Press 1 - to listen to old messages

If you have any questions or run into problems, please contact us for assistance.