{"id":230339,"date":"2026-05-13T19:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230339\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:35:09","slug":"heres-how-new-york-residents-can-get-free-a-c-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/230339\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s how New York residents can get free A\/C this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

This summer, New York<\/a> residents may be eligible for a free air conditioner to help combat the heat.<\/p>\n

According to the City of New York<\/a>, the cooling assistance benefit covers the full cost of one air conditioner or fan per household. Services include materials, installation, labor and removal of old units.<\/p>\n

The benefit will cover up to $800 for a portable air conditioner, window or fan and up to $1,000 for an existing wall sleeve unit.<\/p>\n

\"Air<\/p>\n

Air conditioning units hang on the windows of a housing project during a summer heat wave in the Bronx borough of New York on July 11, 2024.(Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Benefits are on a first-come, first-served basis, and applications opened on April 15.<\/p>\n

The 2026 Home Energy Assistance Program<\/a> (HEAP) Summer Cooling Assistance also complies with Local Law 23, which will require owners of tenant-occupied buildings to provide cooling systems to those who request them by June 1, 2030.<\/p>\n

Local Law 23<\/a> will also require landlords who control building temperatures to maintain them at most 78 degrees during the summer months, from June 15 to Sept. 15.<\/p>\n

\"Air<\/p>\n

Air conditioners are displayed for sale at a Home Depot during a heat wave in Brooklyn on July 28, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Residents may qualify for free air conditioning by either meeting income limits posted on the Access NYC<\/a> website or receiving other benefits such as Cash Assistance, Code A Supplemental Security Income, SNAP benefits or a HEAP Regular Benefit over $21 this program year.<\/p>\n

To be eligible, a household member must also have a documented medical condition worsened by extreme heat, be 60-plus years of age or be under six years old. Those applying also need to be a U.S. citizen or qualified non-citizen, as well as not have a working air conditioner or have one that is at least five years old.<\/p>\n

New Yorkers can apply online through ACCESS HRA<\/a>. For more information or to apply by phone, call 718-557-1399 or visit the NYS OTDA<\/a> website to learn more about the benefit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This summer, New York residents may be eligible for a free air conditioner to help combat the heat.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[90252,9,24,55,54,56],"class_list":["post-230339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-air-conditioner","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}