NY Starts Sending Out SNAP Payments After Being Cut Off Due To Government Shutdown

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office said Sunday that SNAP benefits went out to New Yorkers using federal funds after the longest-ever federal government shutdown cut off food stamp payments for the first time.

The first payments were released Sunday — nine days after the food payments were stopped, the governor’s office told The Post.

Roughly 2.9 million New Yorkers rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program — also known as food stamps — and Hochul defended the move as necessary due to “chaos and confusion” over the federal shutdown.

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