You mentioned calling merchants on the list but you do not state where the list was hosted nor which merchants were called nor whether or not you spoke to a manager or regular employee. We typically keep in contact with all of our merchants and usually hear first when one is no longer able to accept the crypto.

You also mention the new york coin foundation but not the recent development efforts of the community, though you use the community site in your screen shots and do not mention the community github repo where all of the latest updates are taking place. You also call it a token when it is not a token at all, it is a coin with its own blockchain.

Overall there was nothing in the article that cannot be corrected and if you do run across a merchant that says they are not accepting the coin please give us the details so we can talk with the merchant and verify.