Bronx News: SNAP Shutdown Pause and New Work Rules: What You Need to Know
SNAP Shutdown Pause and New Work Rules: What You Need to Know A Nov. 1 pause on SNAP benefits threatens food assistance for 1.7 million New Yorkers, just as new work requirements also take effect. This article originally appeared in The City. By Lauren Hartley Bronx Voice October 29, 2025 BRONX NEWS - As the government shutdown stretches on, more than 1.7 million New York City residents who rely on SNAP benefits will not receive them as soon as Nov. 1. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), once known as food stamps, is funding sent out monthly by the federal government to low-income people to help them buy food. Most SNAP recipients in New York State are children, elderly or disabled , according to the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College. And now, they are imminently at risk of losing those crucial funds — with no end to the shutdown in sight. The Senate has voted at least a dozen times on a funding bill that could end the shu...
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