Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency and said New York will not let people on food stamps go hungry due to the government shutdown.

Hochul said she’s trying to find a way to allow students to take home food that’s left over at the end of the school day as well.

Although two federal judges ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must replenish SNAP food aid benefits despite the government shutdown, experts warn that even a brief interruption could push nearly three million low-income recipients into poverty.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced $11 million in state funding for emergency food relief programs and urged the USDA to release $700 million in SNAP benefits to prevent a public health crisis, while

Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a “food emergency” across the state Thursday as the federal government says SNAP benefits will run dry this weekend amid the federal shutdown.

Syracuse, N.Y. — In Central New York, 100,000 people depend on food stamps to help make ends meet. The federal food stamp program, referred to as SNAP, stopped funding the program on Saturday Nov. 1.

The Trump administration says it will restart SNAP food benefits for the nearly 42 million Americans that receive them, but that it will pay out only half the amount people normally get. A federal judge ruled that the government must continue funding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits on an emergency basis after the food assistance program ran out of money this weekend.

Nearly 3 million New Yorkers may lose SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 if the government shutdown continues and food pantries are bracing for a demand surge.