Advocacy

RG&E, NYSEG Customers Can’t Afford 19% to 31% Delivery Charge Increases

Hundreds of thousands more New Yorkers 65+ could be eligible to put about $600 a month on average back into their pockets through savings on prescription drug and Medicare premium costs.

Especially With Huge Spike in Fossil Fuel Prices Projected, Continuing to Saddle Utility Customers with Bill ‘Poor Public Policy’

Association Speaks Out on City Hall Steps, Testifies at Hearing for Council Member Hudson’s Bills to Advance Equity for Fast-Growing Older Population

New Federal Law Lets Medicare Negotiate Lower Drug Prices, Caps Out-of-Pocket Spending on Medications for Seniors

Most Powerful Voting Bloc Says Protecting Social Security & Medicare, Helping People Age at Home are Strong Motivators

Bill Allows Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices and Caps Out-of-Pocket Spending on Medications for Seniors

Bill Allows Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices and Caps Out-of-Pocket Spending on Medications for Seniors

As New Yorkers continue to see their energy bills go up—and as more than a million fall behind with their utility payments—a new rate shock might be coming. AARP is fighting to help those who can least afford it.

The arrears reduction program will provide $250 million in immediate relief to ratepayers behind on their bills that are enrolled in their utility’s energy assistance program.AARP New York and the Public Utility Law Project (“PULP”) today applauded the creation of an arrears reduction program to help New Yorkers behind on their energy bills. The order from the New York State Public Service Commission follows a budget allocation by Governor Hochul and the State Legislature of $250 million to pay down residential electric and gas utility arrears statewide, including on Long Island. Funds will be dispersed no later than August 1, 2022.