Federal judge orders Trump to fully fund SNAP benefits
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Over 40 million Americans rely on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits, including nearly three million New Yorkers.
New York Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday that she was asking a court to require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to release complete Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November.
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Over the last week, Martina Santos said she feels like she's been living a nightmare.The 67-year-old from the Bronx, New York, is one of the nearly 42 million Americans who saw their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits lapse on Nov.
Partial SNAP payments are set to be distributed after the shutdown disrupted operations. Here's what to know about timing.
SNAP is expected to be partially funded this month amid the ongoing government shutdown, the Trump administration announced on Monday. The federal government will use $4.65 billion in contingency funds to pay for the program that normally costs $8 billion a month.
Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York will not let people on food stamps go hungry due to the federal government shutdown.
Nearly 3 million New Yorkers are poised to lose their food stamp benefits after the USDA said it wouldn’t use any of its $6 billion contingency fund to cover benefits in November.
For recipients of SNAP, also known as food stamps, November payments have been delayed, forcing them to go hungry. A judge ordered the Trump administration to distribute benefits by Friday.
“Bread lines about to be a real thing in New York. Congrats,” Mace wrote on Tuesday, presumably a reference to Mamdani’s democratic socialist platform that his right-wing critics claim will bring economic ruin to the city.
Almost five million Americans may not receive any Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in November, under new rules issued by the Agriculture Department on Tuesday.