LIHEAP

(Airs 11/21/25 @ 10 p.m.) The Legislative Gazette is a weekly program about New York State Government and politics. On this week’s Gazette: New York Governor Kathy Hochul and other local lawmakers this week called on President Donald Trump to release federal heat assistance funding, advocates rally statewide to call for sentencing reform ahead of the 2026 legislative session, and the highest-ranking representative of Quebec in the U.S. was in Plattsburgh recently to discuss cross-border relations.

Vermont’s Congressional delegation says the state will receive more than $25 million in federal heating assistance funds this winter.

During a stop in Plattsburgh, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand said it was critical to boost LIHEAP funding as cold weather approaches.

A northern New York assemblyman is introducing a bill to create a middle-income home energy assistance fund.

Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey held a virtual roundtable with Berkshire County leaders Friday. He outlined new legislation that would expand a federal program that helps low-income households and seniors with their energy bills.

State representatives from the Berkshires are unhappy about how Republican Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker is choosing to spend money intended to…

Vermont U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy met with community advocates and the leader of the Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity on Monday to discuss…

Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy is decrying proposed federal cuts to heating and weatherization programs for the poor.Senator Leahy and leaders of…

On the heels of one of the coldest Februaries on record, New York State is now taking applications from those who need a second emergency benefit from the…