Gov. Hochul declared a state of emergency to free up an additional $65M to help food pantries feed 3M New Yorkers being hit by SNAP cutoff on Nov. 1.

New York is shelling out $30 million in emergency food assistance, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week, with federal SNAP benefits set to dry up Saturday amid the historic government shutdown. It would be the first time in U.

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said New York will not let people on food stamps go hungry due to the government shutdown.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers SNAP, said it will stop making payments Nov. 1. If the department makes good on that promise, it would be the first time the program has been disrupted since it started during the Great Depression.

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The well has run dry” is the message greeting people on the U.S. Department of Agriculture website. The federal agency provides millions of Americans with SNAP Benefits, but come November 1, the money won’t come as expected.

Americans are being stripped of their grocery budget benefits — financial support provided by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — on Saturday, Nov. 1.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that serves more than 40 million people across the country. Now, the shutdown is threatening to suspend benefits, raising concerns over where millions of people who rely on the program will turn to for food.