"Roughly 2.9 million New Yorkers rely on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program — also known as food stamps
The payments could contadict orders from the US Department of Agriculture, which runs SNAP. On Saturday, the federal agency said that any full payments for November made by states to beneficiaries were “unauthoritized.”
SNAP, which helps feed some 42 million Americans, costs $8.5 to $9 billion each month.
While the state administers SNAP, the benefits are paid for with federal funds.
An outside vendor actually transits the benefits onto recipients’ electronic benefit cards, said Hochul spokeswoman Jen Goodman."
“The federal government is paying for it,” Goodman said.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/us-news/hochul-orders-ny-to-pay-snap-benefits-and-deposits-could-come-as-early-as-today/
NY starts sending out SNAP payments after being cut off over gov't shutdown: Kathy Hochul
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.
https://nypost.com/2025/11/09/us-news/hochul-orders-ny-to-pay-snap-benefits-and-deposits-could-come-as-early-as-today/
