AARP Hearing Center
AARP New York Advocacy Hub
Posted on 12/31/25
Making Your Voice Heard
Nonprofit. Nonpartisan. We're advocating for what is important to older New Yorkers and their families, including health security, financial stability and personal fulfillment. Your voice matters, and we help to make sure that your elected officials hear it. Together, we're building a better future for aging New Yorkers.
AARP is the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to empowering Americans 50 and older to choose how they live as they age.
EN ESPAÑOL | Energy affordability isn’t just a policy issue—it’s a daily struggle for many New Yorkers. These recommendations from AARP aim to bring fairness, transparency, and relief to households across the state. Whether it’s stopping unfair rate hikes or making assistance programs more accessible, there are real steps leaders can take right now.
1,839 New York State households were terminated from service each day in August
Albany, N.Y. – A new AARP report “The $31 Million Ratepayer Disadvantage - The Energy Rate Game Needs A Change” highlights one of several major flaws in how New York develops energy rates that has created a great disadvantage to residential ratepayers.
AARP New York State Director Beth Finkel issued the following statement in regards to Governor Hochul vetoing A.2468 (Dinowitz) into law, which would have created the state office of the utility consumer advocate.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Yesterday, in a joint letter, AARP New York and the Public Utility Law Project (“PULP”) called on Governor Kathy Hochul to open the Home Energy Assistance Program (“HEAP”) as scheduled on November 3rd and address the funding shortfall until federal funds are restored.
With over 2.25 million AARP members throughout New York, AARP is an impactful mission-driven membership organization that relies on a powerful corps of volunteers to tell their stories and to educate lawmakers, the news media and the public.
