New Yorkers are paying record prices for heating this month as cold weather and natural gas restrictions boost demand for oil, draining supplies already at the lowest in more than two decades on the U.S. East Coast. Residential heating oil in the state of New York surged to $4.482 a gallon on Feb. 3, the highest in data going back to 1990, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Prices have risen 25.4 cents this year. Across the U.S., the fuel averaged $4.241 a gallon, also a record. “These prices are absolutely nuts because there’s just no supply,” said Bob Castoro, 60-year-old owner of New York-based Dyno Fuel Oil , who raised prices more than 30 cents a gallon in less than three weeks. “I don’t know how my customers are going to pay their bills. It’s a choice between eating or putting heating oil in the tank to […]