WASHINGTON — Gov. Kathy Hochul called on the Trump Administration to "immediately" release federal emergency food assistance dollars after two federal judges ordered separately Friday that the help must keep flowing in November.

The monthly assistance normally would arrive Saturday for the 160,000 Long Islanders and 3 million New Yorkers who rely on it to supplement their nutritional needs. But the USDA had announced it was cutting off the November funds and was not going to use $5 billion it had in reserves.

Even with Friday’s rulings, the payments to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the former food stamp program, still likely won’t show up immediately, and there may also be legal appeals filed.

"My administration is preparing for the worst," Hochul said, addi

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