纽约州宣布紧急状态应对食品券中断：追加6500万美元救急，全州累计投入1.06亿美元
美国纽约州州长霍楚尔（Kathy Hochul）10月30日宣布全州进入紧急状态，应对联邦政府停摆导致食品券（SNAP）自11月1日起中断发放的局面。纽约州每月经联邦资金发放约6.5亿美元食品券，全州近300万人依赖这项福利购买食品；联邦政府拒绝动用国会已批准的应急资金后，各州被迫自行救急。
州府此次追加6,500万美元州级资金用于紧急食物援助，预计可提供约4,000万份餐食。其中4,000万美元拨入「饥饿预防与营养援助计划」（HPNAP），经全州约2,700家食物银行、食物发放站与庇护所组成的网络发放；2,500万美元拨入「滋养纽约」（Nourish NY）计划，把本州农场的牛奶、苹果、奶酪等富余农产品送往各地救济机构。加上本周早些时候已加速拨付的4,100万美元，纽约州本轮紧急食物援助投入累计达1.06亿美元。
州府同时调派「帝国州服务队」与「纽约州立大学服务队」成员支援各地食物银行：现有成员可延长带薪服务时长，并增设短期危机应对岗位，缓解食物银行人手不足。霍楚尔说：「特朗普政府切断了300万纽约人的食物援助。我不会坐视家庭为餐桌上的食物发愁。今天我宣布紧急状态，并追加州级资金，确保纽约人不挨饿。」
纽约州已于10月27日联合另外24个州起诉联邦政府，要求释放应急食品券资金；霍楚尔还与另外20位州长联署致信总统。州府同时指出，食品券自设立以来一直由联邦全额出资，以纽约州每月6.5亿美元的规模，没有任何州政府能长期替代联邦发放。
资料来源：纽约州州长办公室官方发布。
New York Declares State of Emergency Over Food Assistance Cutoff: $65 Million in New Funds Brings State Total to $106 Million
New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on October 30 as the federal government shutdown cut off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for nearly 3 million New Yorkers starting November 1. New York administers about $650 million per month in federally funded SNAP benefits, and the federal refusal to release congressionally approved contingency funds has forced states to mount their own emergency responses.
The state is committing an additional $65 million in state funds for emergency food assistance, expected to provide about 40 million meals. Of that, $40 million goes to the Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program (HPNAP), which works with a network of about 2,700 emergency food providers, and $25 million goes to Nourish NY, which moves surplus farm products such as milk, apples and cheese to food relief organizations. Together with $41 million fast-tracked earlier in the week, New York's emergency food assistance commitment now totals $106 million.
The Governor is also deploying Empire State Service Corps and SUNY Corps members to support food banks, expanding paid hours for current members and creating new short-term crisis response positions. "The Trump Administration is cutting food assistance off for three million New Yorkers," Hochul said. "I won't sit idly by as families struggle to put food on the table. Today, I'm declaring a state of emergency and am committing additional state funds for emergency food assistance to ensure New Yorkers don't go hungry."
New York joined 24 other states on October 27 in suing the federal government to demand the release of emergency SNAP funds, and Hochul also joined 20 other governors in a letter to the President. State officials note that SNAP has been fully federally funded since its inception, and that no state can replace a program of New York's $650-million-a-month scale.
Related: Two federal judges rule USDA must use contingency funds to pay November SNAP benefits
Source: Office of the Governor of New York State.
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