food stamps

“Transportation’s a huge problem for them to get here. The winter’s been harder.”

Benefits would be cut to roughly 688,000 recipients nationwide, and food advocates say benefits for thousands of New Yorkers would also be in jeopardy.

The proposed changes would slash federal food assistance to low-income families by $4.5 billion over five years.

According to Feeding America, the proposal stands to save the government $4.5 billion and would impact 7-million Americans.

New Yorkers who receive federal food assistance, also known SNAP, will get their February payments early. SNAP, which a federal program and part of the Agriculture Department, is caught up in the federal shutdown, but earlier this month the USDA instructed states to issue the February payments early.

Rep. Reed met with a select group of senior citizens in an invitation only event with the Chemung County AARP. Some people said they're worried Social Security won't be around for their grandkids.