1.5 million New Yorkers eligible for help covering home heating costs this winter – Audacy

1.5 million New Yorkers eligible for help covering home heating costs this winter  Audacy

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Friday that New York's Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) will open Monday, Nov. 2, and provide financial assistance to help New Yorkers pay their heating bills amid rising utility and heating fuel costs. Read more from WBEN: | WBEN New York, N.Y. (WBEN) – New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Friday that New York's Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) will open Monday, Nov. 2, and provide financial assistance to help New Yorkers pay their heating bills amid rising utility and heating fuel costs. Of the 1.5 million HEAP benefits that are set to be issued this heating season in New York, a total of 132,462 households in Western New York will be eligible to receive those benefits.

"Our Home Energy Assistance Program is going to begin accepting applications Nov. 2. That's why I'm standing here today, to tell everybody, start preparing for this. It's just right around the corner," said Gov. Hochul on Friday. "Qualifying households can save up to hundreds of dollars on their utility bills this very winter, and that extra money might help pay for that extra cost for the groceries. And if you're buying the groceries or the baby formula, the diapers, the school clothes — it all adds up." Hochul says New York is efforting to issue