{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/icymi-gillibrand-joins-leaders-of-ny-food-banks-to-call-out-trump-administrations-massive-cuts-to-federal-snap-funding/", "ICYMI: Gillibrand Joins Leaders Of NY Food Banks To Call Out Trump Administration\u2019s Massive Cuts To Federal Snap Funding", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "Senate", "NY", "Kirsten E. Gillibrand", "G000555", "www.gillibrand.senate.gov", "gillibrand", "https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/press-releases/page/", "scraper", "***Watch News12\u2019s Coverage of Senator Gillibrand\u2019s Press Conference Here***\n\nNew York State Will Be Responsible for Estimated $168 Million More Annually as SNAP Cost Responsibilities Shift to State and Local Governments\n\nIn case you missed it, on Monday, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand stood with CEOs from food banks around the state to call out the change in Trump\u2019s \u201cBig Beautiful Bill\u201d that will imminently shift billions of dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) cost responsibilities from the federal government onto state and local governments, resulting in major financial burdens on New York State. This comes as President Trump\u2019s reckless war in Iran and chaotic tariffs have raised grocery prices for New York families and made it increasingly difficult to put food on the table.\n\n\u201cPresident Trump has consistently threatened and cut the essential services that serve as the backbone of our nation,\u201d said Senator Gillibrand. \u201cAt a time when people can barely afford a cart of groceries or a tank of gas, this president is making states and localities bear excruciating cost burdens for SNAP programming while he is funding tax cuts for the richest people in the country and pouring billions into a war overseas.\u201d\n\nThe change, which is slated to take effect on October 1 and is part of a broader slate of harmful cuts to the SNAP program, will reduce the federal share of SNAP administrative expenses from 50% to 25%, with states and localities now responsible for covering 75% costs. Counties in New York State are expected to be on the hook for $168 million annually as a result.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a cut that we\u2019re really going to struggle to weather,\u201d City Harvest CEO Jilly Stephens told News12.\n\nMore than 2.7 million New Yorkers rely on SNAP to feed their families each month. Without this additional federal support, counties across the state may be forced to raise local taxes or slow down the review of SNAP applications.\n\n\u201cYou can think about it in terms of funding, but how we want you to think about it is less food on tables, and less food in lunchboxes,\u201d Kristine Borok, president and CEO of Feeding Westchester, told News12.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-17T09:52:05Z", "2026-09-17T09:53:00Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/news/press/release/icymi-gillibrand-joins-leaders-of-ny-food-banks-to-call-out-trump-administrations-massive-cuts-to-federal-snap-funding/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.8142969347536564, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}