New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the agencies to start paying SNAP benefits to New Yorkers using state funds — after the longest ever federal government shutdown cut off food stamp payments for the first time.

The first payments could come Sunday — nine days after the food payments were stopped.

Roughly 2.9 million New Yorkers rely on SNAP, and Hochul defended the move as necessary due to “chaos and confusion” over the federal shutdown.

“Let me be clear, President Trump is hellbent on preventing millions of Americans from putting food on the table,” Hochul said on Friday.

“He’s made decision after decision to withhold funding that feeds families, seniors and children — and continues doubling down on this cruelty by challenging the courts’ clear orders.”

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