call boxes

Thousands of sidewalk FDNY & NYPD emergency call boxes were out of service in Manhattan yesterday, from the late afternoon until shortly after 10 p.m. Luckily, there's a way for deaf people to call for help using a simple tapping signal.

It might be a way to save money, but a judge has ruled that it would be discriminatory towards the deaf to take away the city's fire and police call boxes.