SCHUMER: POLAR VORTEX IS CAUSING SOME OF UPSTATE NY’S MOST FRIGID TEMPERATURES IN DECADES – SENATOR PUSHES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF OVER $35 MILLION IN CRITICAL HOME HEATING AID FOR NEW YORK THAT’S BEING HELD BACK BY FEDS

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 9, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — In light of record low temperatures and extreme weather slamming Upstate New York, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today on a conference call urged the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately release over $35 million in funds from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) that are currently being held back and will go to New York residents upon release. As of November 2013, HHS only obligated $316 million of the $351 million that is available for New York this winter from the FY13 appropriations