The federal Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) that helps low-income New Yorkers afford heating and cooling has been ...

The annual application window typically opens in early November but will be “delayed indefinitely until the Trump Administration and Washington Republicans act to end the government shutdown and fund ...

On Wednesday, Gov. Kathy Hochul called on Congress to end its prolonged federal government shutdown and act quickly to approve funding to support New York’s federally funded Home Energy Assistance ...

The federal shutdown is delaying heating assistance applications in NY, affecting low-income families in need of the HEAP ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has fast-tracked $30 million in emergency food assistance to help the millions of New Yorkers who ...

About 3 million New Yorkers utilize monthly SNAP benefits, which will not be distributed on Nov. 1 due to the shutdown.

New Yorkers who can’t afford heat in the winter may be out of luck as the government shutdown is threatening funding for the state’s Home Energy Assistance Program, according to ...

The Oswego County Department of Social Services (DSS) announced Tuesday that Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) payments ...

Almost three million New Yorkers could lose their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November, just ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York will not let people on food stamps go hungry due to the federal government shutdown.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday declared a state of emergency to issue $65 million for assistance to food banks as ...