WASHINGTON — About 2,000 active-duty military service members stationed on Long Island or who live in Nassau or Suffolk counties — and roughly 28,000 throughout New York State — are unsure if they will receive their next paychecks on Wednesday.

The anxiety is already prompting some troops to seek low-interest emergency loans to get them through. And some community leaders have been contacted by locally stationed commanders for help in organizing food drops for service members who could run short of funds.

The pay stoppage could occur because of the continuation of the U.S. government shutdown — even as these military members remain on duty as essential to national security. Similar worries are gripping about 1.3 million active-duty military members nationally.

On Saturday, President Don

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