Hochul Speaks Out Against SNAP Changes

Governor Hochul says the Republican budget reconciliation bill would shift the burden of a popular nutrition program to states. Hochul says the so-called Big, Beautiful Bill would stick New York with the tab for over two billion dollars a year for the SNAP program. The Governor says ‘every New Yorker deserves to eat every day – plain and simple.” “I’m calling on our congressional leaders to join me and step up to the plate to protect the SNAP funding that families with children, seniors, New Yorkers with disabilities, local farmers, and shop owners rely on to survive.” The federal government has always paid 100 percent of SNAP costs. The bill would also place new work requirements on SNAP recipients.