AS DEVASTATING GOP SNAP CUTS ARE SET TO SHIFT COST OF CRITICAL FOOD ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND COUNTIES AND INCREASE HUNGER, SCHUMER LAUNCHES PUSH TO DELAY COST SHIFTS AND SAVE CAPITAL REGION COUNTY BUDGETS FROM FOOTING A $4.4M BILL EVERY YEAR TO MAKE UP FOR MAJOR FOOD CUTS

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer issued the following press release:

As New York counties scramble to find funding to keep SNAP alive after Republicans' One Big Beautiful Bill made the largest program cuts in history, and Congressional Republicans refuse to act (https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5936700-senate-republicans-unveil-farm-bill/), U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer today stood at Unity House in Troy with local officials and providers to launch his push for a two-year delay in cost shifts. In New York, counties administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and $4.4 million in new annual costs will fall directly on county budgets in the Capital Region, forcing counties to choose between raising local taxes or...