According to Reuters, on October 30 local time, New York State Governor Casey Hodgson declared a state of emergency and allocated $65 million to the state's emergency food relief.

The U.S. government is cutting off food aid to three million New Yorkers, which has put the state in an unprecedented public health crisis.

According to previous reports, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps about one-eighth of Americans buy foodstuffs, will soon end as the U.S. federal government continues to ¡°stop¡±, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture says funding has exhausted.

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