The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that, barring any agreement in Washington, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which provides emergency food assistance to low-income residents, will be cut off Nov. 1 due to the ongoing partial government shutdown.

Gov. Hochul and Democrats are blaming the Trump administration. The administration is blaming U.S. Senate Democrats.

And numbers provided by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), who sides with Hochul, say more than 3 million New York State residents could have their food benefits suspended effective Saturday.

Hochul on Monday announced that the state will fast-track $30 million to regional emergency food providers in order to supply 16 million meals. The recipients include City Harvest and Food Bank for New Y

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