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More NYC Households to Qualify for Energy Efficiency Upgrades Under Tweaked State Program

City Limitsby Jeanmarie EvellyMarch 16, 2026

The state is adjusting its income eligibility criteria for Empower+, which helps tenants and homeowners pay for energy-saving building upgrades. Previous rules made it hard for city households to qualify: since 2010, only 7 percent of the program's retrofit projects were in the five boroughs. The po

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