As that legal battle continues, Democratic lawmakers are pushing the Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025, which would require the federal government to maintain the programs and reimburse states for covering the costs of the benefits during the shutdown.

With food-stamp funding set to lapse Saturday, recipients are asking what happens to their benefits — and when help might resume.

More than 350 people came together in Whippany, New Jersey, on Thursday for the annual Women Fighting Hunger Luncheon to benefit the Community FoodBank of New Jersey (CFBNJ). New Jersey’s largest anti-hunger organization,

Roughly 3 million New York residents rely on monthly funding from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to help them pay for groceries. But for the first time in history, those funds will not be provided by the federal government on Nov.

There are approximately 84,000 SNAP recipients in New York's 23rd Congressional District, according to the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance. That represents about 48,000 households, including thousands in Steuben, Allegany and Livingston counties.

City Council data from 2024 shows about 20% of New York City residents receive SNAP. In the Bronx, more than 40% of people rely on it.

New York State and a coalition of states have filed lawsuits against the USDA for suspending SNAP benefits, arguing that the agency has at least $6 billion in contingency funds available to cover the benefits and that the suspension is both avoidable and unnecessary.

In his Bronx district on Wednesday morning, Torres demanded President Trump come to the table and negotiate a compromise to sustain the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.