Anti-hunger groups and state officials have warned that the administration’s plans to make partial payments are onerous and could still result in severe harm.

The Trump administration confirmed last week that benefits will stop on Nov. 1, warning states that EBT cards will not be refilled “until further notice.”

New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday declared a state of emergency to issue $65 million for assistance to food banks as federal funding for the national food stamp program is set to lapse on November 1.

Gov. Kathy Hochul Monday announced the state will provide $30 million in additional emergency food aid to prevent hunger for millions of New Yorkers facing a cutoff of federal food assistance this weekend as the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has resisted calls for smaller, separate spending bills after Schumer and his party voted 13 times to deny all federal funding and keep the government shut

County social service agencies have been directing families to lists of food banks in their communities in case they run out of food. The Food Bank of Central New York, which serves 11 counties, has ordered 20% more food this month to help pantries stock up.

Officials from half the states and the District of Columbia are asking a federal judge to order the Department of Agriculture to provide food stamp benefits for November.

Many online claimed Vance himself benefited from food stamps as a child, and accused him of hypocrisy, while other posts claimed members of his family benefited from food assistance programs.

Syracuse, N.Y. — In Central New York, 100,000 people depend on food stamps to help make ends meet. The federal food stamp program, referred to as SNAP, stopped funding the program on Saturday Nov. 1.

The Trump administration said that based on “further calculations” it has determined it can provide recipients of low-income food assistance about two-thirds of their usual benefits this month, not the 50% it earlier pledged.