{"id":247824,"date":"2026-05-29T15:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/247824\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:38:11","slug":"new-yorkers-could-get-200-check-in-states-1b-energy-rebate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/247824\/","title":{"rendered":"New Yorkers could get $200 check in state’s $1B energy rebate"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Yorkers who are struggling with energy bills could soon get a major jolt to their bank account.<\/p>\n

In line with the new state budget, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and her team have allocated $1 billion toward one-time rebate checks, which will be distributed to over 8 million New Yorkers, Pix11 reported.<\/a><\/p>\n

And no need to apply for this relief package \u2014 the mass reimbursement will be automatically mailed to eligible Gothamites between September and December.<\/p>\n

\"PersonNY state reps have allocated $1 billion toward one-time rebate checks that could be worth up to $200 if you qualify. Albany Times Union via Getty Ima<\/p>\n

\"KathyKathy Hochul stops by the Global gas sttion\/garage, in upper Manhattan, to sign a new Bill into effect to help reduce the high cost of auto insurance for New Yorkers. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n

Dubbed the Protecting Our Wallets Energy Rebate (POWER program), the monetary measure was enacted to offset skyrocketing utility costs. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe know New Yorkers need some relief,\u201d\u00a0Hochul declared earlier this month.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThey need utility relief. The bills are just getting higher and higher, and it is so discouraging for our families.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the bill<\/a>, the POWER program will apply to people who were Big Apple residents in 2024 and filed a timely tax return for that year.<\/p>\n

The lower the recipient\u2019s income bracket the more money they\u2019ll receive.<\/p>\n

The POWER program will funnel $200 to joint filers whose income for 2024 was under $150,000. Meanwhile, $150 will be distributed joint filers with incomes between $150,000 and $300,000 and $100 to single filers with 2024 incomes under $150,000.<\/p>\n

Hochul billed the relief checks as part of a larger effort to help make New York more affordable for families battered by soaring costs on everything from utilities to food.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen they start seeing those bills come in, they\u2019re going to see this relief come in as well, and know that someone in state government actually cares about them and worries about them as well,\u201d she declared, according to Spectrum Local News.<\/a><\/p>\n

These provisions have come under fire from republicans, who called them a stingy gesture aimed at currying favor during election year.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Yorkers will get an election\u2011year rebate check to help cover the cost of their gas and electric bills This is not enough,\u201d decalred State Sen. Joseph Griffo, a Republican from the Mohawk Valley. \u201cPeople deserve a break all the time, not just one time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Yorkers who are struggling with energy bills could soon get a major jolt to their bank account.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4762,426,232,57,9,24,55,54,56,23981],"class_list":["post-247824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-energy","tag-kathy-hochul","tag-lifestyle","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-paychecks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247824","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=247824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}