Hochul said the Trump administration put New Yorkers through “chaos and confusion” after it froze funding for SNAP Nov. 1, due to the government shutdown. About 3 million residents in the state rely on SNAP. New Jersey officials also restarted SNAP payments by Friday morning.

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.

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.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said New York will not let people on food stamps go hungry due to the federal government shutdown.

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.

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