{"id":375311,"date":"2026-10-17T00:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375311\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T00:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T00:26:11","slug":"new-york-state-expands-heap-benefits-to-more-residents-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375311\/","title":{"rendered":"New York State Expands HEAP Benefits to more Residents | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"HEAP AWARDS FS.png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK STATE (WENY) \u2014 With the increase in home heating prices, New York is expanding its HEAP benefit program to more residents.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">People that are enrolled in other assistance programs like SNAP will receive\u00a0HEAP\u00a0funds automatically.\u00a0For New Yorkers\u00a0who aren&#8217;t, signups for the program open on November 2nd.\u00a0Eligibility for a benefit is determined on monthly income, household size, and other factors\u00a0explained on the HEAP website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Low- and middle-income New Yorkers can apply for a benefit, with varying awards depending on what they heat their home with.\u00a0For people living in government subsidized housing or those living in apartments where\u00a0heating costs are included in their rent, award amounts are $21 and $45-$50 respectively. For residents that pay for their own heating costs, those that use oil, kerosene, or propane are eligible for $990, while people that use wood, wood pellets, coal, or corn are eligible for $700, and people that use electricity or natural gas are eligible for $400.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can learn more and apply for HEAP at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ny.gov\/HEAP\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ny.gov\/HEAP<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK STATE (WENY) \u2014 With the increase in home heating prices, New York is expanding its HEAP&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15098,9,4865,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":["post-375311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-benefit","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-governor","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375311","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=375311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}