{"id":33851,"date":"2025-11-09T14:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T14:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/33851\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T14:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T14:46:08","slug":"hochul-orders-ny-to-pay-snap-benefits-and-deposits-could-come-as-early-as-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/33851\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul orders NY to pay SNAP benefits \u2014 and deposits could come as early as today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered the agencies to start paying <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/08\/us-news\/trump-urges-republicans-to-end-obamacare-send-funds-straight-to-the-people-as-govt-shutdown-drags-on\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SNAP benefits to New Yorkers<\/a> using state funds \u2014 after the longest ever federal government shutdown cut off food stamp payments for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The first payments could come Sunday \u2014 nine days after the food payments were stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 2.9 million New Yorkers rely on SNAP, and Hochul defended the move as necessary due to \u201cchaos and confusion\u201d over the federal shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Hochul directed New York agencies to ensure the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is fully funded through November. Matthew McDermott<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 2.9 million New Yorkers who rely on SNAP should expect their benefits despite \u201cchaos\u201d triggered by the government shutdown. Matthew McDermott<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me be clear, President Trump is hellbent on preventing millions of Americans from putting food on the table,\u201d Hochul said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s made decision after decision to withhold funding that feeds families, seniors and children \u2014 and continues doubling down on this cruelty by challenging the courts\u2019 clear orders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Agriculture, which runs SNAP, has informed states last week that it is seeking to fully pay out SNAP benefits during November despite a funding lapse caused by the government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>But last week, the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/07\/us-news\/trump-admin-asks-supreme-court-to-halt-order-providing-full-snap-payments-for-november\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump administration appealed a court order <\/a>requiring it to fully fund SNAP by Friday of last week, as the move would\u2019ve forced the Department of Agriculture to dip into other programs besides the contingency fund.<\/p>\n<p>Trump administration appealed a court order requiring it to fully fund SNAP by Friday of last week. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the Supreme Court temporarily paused that lower court order.<\/p>\n<p>The average household on SNAP gets $332 per month, and the average household with children gets about $575.<\/p>\n<p>While the Trump administration scrambles to find a makeshift avenue to fund SNAP, Republicans argue that fully restoring payments is simple: Democrats just have to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/08\/opinion\/democrats-bet-americans-wont-wise-up-to-shutdown-games\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">vote for the government funding bill to reopen the government.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>So far, Dems are rejecting a clean stopgap to reopen the government \u2014 demanding that Republicans add more funding for healthcare and Medicaid subsidies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Gov. 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