Government shutdown

Applications for Home Energy Assistance Program benefits, delayed a month by the federal government shutdown, are now open, the governor announced.

Federal HEAP funding will not reach New Yorkers until at least November 24, state officials say.

The annual Veterans Day ceremony at Calverton National Cemetery has been canceled due to the federal government shutdown, the cemetery announced Wednesday.

The federal government shutdown and new work requirements will throw New York’s food stamps program into chaos.

With federal SNAP funding set to run out this weekend, food pantries across Riverhead are seeing a surge in demand. Volunteers say shelves could soon run bare as more families turn to them for help.

Riverhead property owners who were furloughed and unpaid during the federal government shutdown now have until April 25 to pay their first- half 2018-2019 property taxes.