While politicians are urging the Trump administration to ensure that SNAP recipients in New York state—and across the nation—receive their November benefits without delay, food banks across the city are scaling up their efforts as New York City residents brace for the impact of the SNAP benefits freeze.

Soni Gangha, founder of the Camp Friendship food pantry in Park Slope, said calls about the food pantry’s hours had increased significantly over the last three days and predicted that food insecurity would rise with the impending disruption of the food assistance program.

“Everybody is bracing and everybody is worried, and rightfully so. Not having SNAP is going to make a difference to a lot of families in our area and in our city, and any projected cuts that might come from the past bu

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