CUNY authorizes emergency funding for campus food pantries amid SNAP crisis

With federal SNAP benefits in limbo , the City University of New York is distributing $140,000 across all campuses to stock up campus food pantries and help feed hungry students.

More than 130,000 CUNY students rely on the public university system’s 22 food pantries each year, according to school data. Pantries across the country have been strained during the historic federal government shutdown, though Congress is moving toward a reopening .

“We are aware that members of our community may continue to experience delays or disruptions in receiving their benefits,” Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez wrote in a letter that was sent to students Friday.

“In anticipation of the potential increase in demand during this period , I have authorized additional funding for all campuses so the