ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The government-funded Home Energy Assistance Program (H.E.A.P.) has returned, just as the weather gets colder. Originally set to reopen at the start of November, the program was ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York State residents can now apply for help with heating their homes after the federal government shutdown delayed the opening of applications for over a month. Enrollment opened on ...

If you heat your home with electricity, natural gas, oil, coal, propane, wood or wood pellets, kerosene or corn, HEAP can help you heat and cool your home by providing up to $996 in benefits.

CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. (NEWS10)– As we enter the cold months ahead, the state’s heating assistance program, or HEAP, remains paused. This leaves 1.5 million New Yorkers who rely on the program, without ...

The annual application window, which typically opens in early November, was initially delayed due to the historic 43-day long federal government shutdown that ended on Nov. 12. And while New York ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– On Monday, Governor Kathy Hochul called on the Trump Administration to release federal heat assistance funding. According to the governor’s office, although the Government ...

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

As access to the federal Home Energy Assistance Program is stuck in limbo with the federal government in shutdown, local officials are trying to figure out how to keep low-income residents warm this ...

LANCASTER, N.Y. — Thousands of New Yorkers rely on federal heating aid to stay warm in the winter. But with the government shutdown still in place, that help is also on hold. Energy bills typically ...

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