A New York lawmaker has proposed buying an investor-owned utility to lower residents' bills, offering what Rochester advocates hope could become a model for their own community. While the bill is still in committee, it would authorize New York to…
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s utility rebate checks are hitting mailboxes across New York — with just days to go before voters head to the polls to decide whether to re-elect her. The checks have been arriving since September and are still coming,…
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power paid its five highest-earning workers a staggering $3.84 million last year, including nearly $2.1 million in overtime, as Angelenos struggled to keep up with soaring utility bills, a California Post investigation found. LADWP’s eye-popping…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani spent parts of Friday and Sunday campaigning alongside Gov. Kathy Hochul for her reelection. On Monday, two leading figures in his administration made the case against relying on one-time payments to tackle the cost-of-living crisis — just as…
October 17, 2026 2:39 AM / Staff Report Federal heating-assistance funding has been released to New York ahead of the state's winter aid application opening, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Friday. The state is expected to receive an estimated $356 million through the Low Income Home…
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that 3 million New Yorkers have received energy rebate checks worth up to $200, with another 5.2 million checks expected to be mailed in the coming weeks. The payments are part of a $1 billion state initiative designed to provide…
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