Advocates Call on Hochul to Fund NY HEAT Act in Next State Budget

Advocates for the environment and working-class New Yorkers held rallies last Thursday across the state to pressure Gov. Kathy Hochul to include money in next year’s budget that would cap energy prices for residents.

In a report last March by NY Renews, a coalition of well over 300 environmental, social justice, faith and labor organizations, nearly one-quarter of New York households are “energy burdened,” meaning they spend more than 6 percent of their annual income on energy bills.

The same report said those who fall into that category would save an average of $136 a month if the HEAT Act was enacted.

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