The Trump administration on Monday said it would only partially pay for food assistance benefits this month after two federal judges ordered it to fund the program despite the government shutdown.

SNAP payments that help 1.8 million New Yorkers eat came to a historic halt this weekend, after the Trump administration said it ran out of money.

After two judges ruled Friday that the Trump administration must use contingency funding to make payments, the administration said in court papers Monday that it will send those out this month. But it’s unclear how quickly payments will resume or how much payments will be reduced. SNAP recipients get their EBT cards loaded on different days of the month, so the longer the delay, the more people will be unable to afford their groceries.

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