New Yorkers looking to get help with their heating bills through the HEAP program are still waiting for the program to open — and the deadline has been pushed again. According to the Adirondack Daily Enterprise, the federal Low Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program, LIHEAP, hasn’t been restarted as the federal government lurches back to full operations after a historic 44-day shutdown. The unprecedented lapse in government operations means that money that’s put aside almost automatically for benefit programs including LIHEAP and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, wasn’t made available.