WASHINGTON — A U.S. Supreme Court justice late Friday sided with the Trump administration by ordering a pause in the distribution of full amounts of November food aid, even as Gov. Kathy Hochul had earlier directed agencies to begin processing those benefits to 3 million low-income New Yorkers.

The immediate, emergency administrative stay that was issued by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson around 9:30 p.m. did not directly address the legal merits of the issues in dispute, a prominent battle during the record-breaking U.S. government shutdown.

More than 160,000 Long Islanders receive assistance to buy groceries under the program, among 42 million recipients nationally — 1 in 8 Americans.

But BrownJackson’s stay temporarily blocked early lower court orders from Thursday and earlier Friday e

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