NY wins court ruling blocking Trump administration from withholding SNAP cuts
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Monday that her office and two dozen of her counterparts won a court order blocking the Trump administration from trying to “claw back” Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
At the same time, the Trump administration appealed once again on Monday to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep full SNAP payments frozen during the government shutdown, according to The Associated Press.
James, along with 24 other state attorneys general and governors, went to court Sunday night after receiving an “alarming late-night memo directing them to immediately undo the release of SNAP benefits,” James’ office wrote in a news release.
The memo from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Saturday night instructed states such as New York to rescind their plans to release full November benefits.
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