“This proposal reflects the largest and most extreme cuts to SNAP in history,” said Sabella.
5/22/25, WASHINGTON, DC — This morning, the House of Representatives voted to advance its budget reconciliation bill, which includes roughly $300 billion in cuts to SNAP. The Senate will now take this bill under consideration. The following is a statement from No Kid Hungry New York Director Rachel Sabella:
“A vote for this bill was a vote to increase childhood hunger. The majority in the House is turning their backs on families in need, putting families, including the nearly 3 million New Yorkers who receive grocery benefits through SNAP, at greater risk of not having enough nutritious food to eat if this bill becomes law.
“This proposal reflects the largest and most extreme cuts to SNAP in history, increasing red tape and bureaucracy for working families, cutting the value of future benefits and trying to sneak in billions of dollars in cuts by forcing an unprecedented and impossible cost burden onto states – for New York, this cost is estimated to be more than $1.8 billion dollars. These cuts will do nothing to improve the lives of our fellow New Yorkers and will make it even harder for those who do receive benefits to afford enough food to feed their families.
“We will continue to work with the Senate to reject the harmful cuts to SNAP in the House bill, and return to bipartisan negotiations that will actually strengthen and improve nutrition security for kids and families.”
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