Federal Context

Federal Actions are Deepening the Crisis

  • H.R. 1 and other federal proposals threaten to reduce SNAP eligibility for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers.
  • Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid will directly erode household food budgets and worsen affordability challenges.
  • As federal nutrition programs contract, state programs like HPNAP and Nourish NY must be strengthened to fill the widening gap.