New York Governor Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency as millions of residents are set to lose food assistance on November 1 due to the ongoing federal shutdown. Hochul has blamed Republicans for the loss of funding as Democrats in Congress continue to block clean resolutions that would return funding to the government.
Hochul announced on Thursday $65 million in emergency state funding for programs that provide emergency food assistance to New Yorkers. In a press release, Hochul said, "The Trump Administration is cutting food assistance off for three million New Yorkers, leaving our state to face an unprecedented public health crisis and hurting our grocers, bodegas and farmers along the way. Unlike Washington Republicans, I won’t sit idly by as families struggle to put food on the table. Today, I’m declaring a state of emergency and am committing additional state funds for emergency food assistance to ensure New Yorkers don’t go hungry. Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have the power to stop this crisis — millions of families depend on it."
“I am doing everything in my power to soften the blow of the destruction Republicans in Washington are inflicting on our state,” Hochul said in a statement on Monday.
