Governor Kathy Hochul launches a $215 million Housing Acceleration Fund to boost New York's home construction.

Gov. Kathy Hochul Monday announced the state will provide $30 million in additional emergency food aid to prevent hunger for millions of New Yorkers facing a cutoff of federal food assistance this weekend as the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight.

Stop the shutdown,” said Governor Kathy Hochul. “Stop taking away health care. Stop taking away food. Just start looking out for the American people.”

The federal budget legislation has cut billions in funding for New York’s health care safety-net, creating gaps that Hochul has repeatedly said will be impossible for the state to backfill. The move to fund Planned Parenthood is a direct response to Trump’s cuts, though it fills a fraction of the state’s federal losses.

The measure would have required two qualified medical responders to work on every 911 EMT call, according to the union.

Governor Kathy Hochul announced $11 million in state funding for emergency food relief programs and urged the USDA to release $700 million in SNAP benefits to prevent a public health crisis, while