CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 232,452	$ 278,422
Restricted cash	264	264
Accounts receivable, trade (less allowance for doubtful accounts of $24,369 and $25,198)	434,011	442,581
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	170,555	200,252
Amounts due from affiliates	3,892	4,262
Derivative contracts	3,555	50,785
Total current assets	844,729	976,566
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $7,002,823 and $6,431,843	6,092,271	5,805,996
Right-of-use operating lease assets	227,059	241,342
Investment securities pledged as collateral	2,402,486	2,250,854
Derivative contracts	0	4,774
Other assets	81,928	87,429
Amortizable intangibles, net of accumulated amortization of $4,891,643 and $4,409,312	2,361,507	2,781,116
Indefinite-lived cable television franchises	13,216,355	13,068,017
Goodwill	8,206,365	8,160,566
Total assets	33,432,700	33,376,660
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	892,694	795,576
Interest payable	237,068	252,060
Accrued employee related costs	125,492	142,116
Amounts due to affiliates	20,972	8,538
Deferred revenue	109,522	109,798
Debt	1,889,730	1,245,713
Other current liabilities	393,417	544,302
Total current liabilities	3,668,895	3,098,103
Other liabilities	146,743	192,563
Deferred tax liability	5,105,353	5,006,167
Liabilities under derivative contracts	518,246	523,150
Right-of-use operating lease liability	244,317	257,424
Long-term debt, net of current maturities	24,881,833	25,476,629
Total liabilities	34,565,387	34,554,036
Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)
Redeemable equity	0	25,763
Stockholders' Deficiency:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding	0	0
Paid-in capital	0	0
Accumulated deficit	(1,100,497)	(985,641)
Total stockholders' equity before accumulated other comprehensive Income and non-controlling interest	(1,095,950)	(980,810)
Treasury stock, at cost (21,748 and 6,629,415 Class A common shares at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively)	0	163,866
Accumulated other comprehensive income	9,421	3,646
Total Altice USA stockholders' deficiency	(1,086,529)	(1,141,030)
Noncontrolling interests	(46,158)	(62,109)
Total stockholders' deficiency	(1,132,687)	(1,203,139)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficiency	33,432,700	33,376,660
Common Class A
Stockholders' Deficiency:
Common stock	2,689	2,972
Common Class B
Stockholders' Deficiency:
Common stock	1,858	1,859
Common Class C
Stockholders' Deficiency:
Common stock	$ 0	$ 0