AS DEVASTATING GOP SNAP CUTS ARE SET TO SHIFT COST OF CRITICAL FOOD ASSISTANCE TO STATES AND COUNTY TAXPAYERS, SCHUMER CALLS TO DELAY COST SHIFTS AND SAVE SOUTHERN TIER COUNTY BUDGETS FROM FOOTING A $4.5M BILL EVERY YEAR TO MAKE UP FOR MAJOR FOOD CUTS

WASHINGTON, July 28 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer issued the following press release:

As New York counties scramble to find funding to keep SNAP alive after Republicans' so-called One Big Beautiful Bill made the largest cuts to nutrition assistance programs 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 revealed county-by-county data showing how looming cuts would impact the Southern Tier and announced his support of a two-year delay in cost shifts.

In New York, counties administer the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), meaning $4.5 million in new annual costs will fall directly on county budgets in the Sout...