Nearly 3 million low-income New Yorkers could miss their next aid payments for groceries under a federal response to the Washington budget standoff that Gov. Kathy Hochul has lambasted.

In a furious statement Thursday, Oct. 16, Hochul said states were told to withhold payments starting on Nov. 1 for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the federally funded safety-net program formerly known as food stamps. A Trump administration notice shared by her office said there won't be enough money for 42 million Americans' SNAP benefits in November if the impasse continues.

“This is a cruel, senseless and politically motivated punishment inflicted by the Trump Administration that they have the power to avoid," Hochul charged in her statement. "Lives depend on this, and Washington Repub

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