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CALLING FOR A TWO-YEAR DELAY OF THE FEDERAL SNAP ADMINISTRATIVE AND BENEFIT COST SHIFTS ENACTED UNDER H.R.1 AND CALLING ON NEW YORK STATE TO HOLD COUNTIES HARMLESS IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAILS TO ACT.
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET COMMITTEE CALLING FOR A TWO-YEAR DELAY OF THE FEDERAL SNAP ADMINISTRATIVE AND BENEFIT COST SHIFTS ENACTED UNDER H.R.1 AND CALLING ON NEW YORK STATE TO HOLD COUNTIES HARMLESS IF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FAILS TO ACT.
WHEREAS, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a vital source of food security for New Yorkers, serving approximately 2.7 million individuals in 1.5 million households, or roughly one in seven residents statewide, and delivering an estimated $7.8 billion in federally funded benefits into local communities and economies; and
WHEREAS, New York is one of only ten states in which counties are required by state law to administer SNAP and to share in its administrative costs, meaning that changes to the federal cost structure fall directly on county property taxpayers; and
WHEREAS, H.R. 1 of the 119th Congress, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," reduces the federal share of SNAP administrative costs from 50 percent to 25 percent effective October 1, 2026, and under current New York State law the resulting increase in the nonfederal share is borne entirely by counties and the City of New York; and
WHEREAS, this administrative cost shift is estimated at $168 million annually statewide, including approximately $57 million for the 57 counties outside New York...
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