After the federal shutdown caused a delay in the application process, some households who were approved for heating ...

Legislation would protect and expand hunger programs and improve benefit security as New York pantries see rising demand.

Nearly 42 million individuals across the United States are covered by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), according to May 2025 data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with a ...

New state laws taking effect in 2026 will impact Americans through higher minimum wages, tourism taxes and tighter SNAP ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- After weeks of uncertainty surrounding whether New Yorkers would receive the food assistance benefits they rely on to feed their families, those residents can now breathe a sigh ...

Certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds could be withheld from several Democratic-led states, including New York, as soon as next week, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (WNYT)- The Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) confirmed to NewsChannel 13 that November SNAP benefits have been fully paid, and December benefits will be issued on ...

SNAP—often referred to as food stamps—provides monthly grocery assistance to more than 40 million low- and no-income ...

For New York, the data for 2024 shows that the state overpaid recipients by 12.65% and underpaid recipients by 1.44%, making ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Millions of Americans could lose SNAP benefits soon, despite the program being funded through next September. That’s because President Donald Trump signed his One Big, Beautiful ...