New York declares 'state of emergency' as state and local officials scramble to assist residents set to lose benefits.

New York declares 'state of emergency' as state and local officials scramble to assist residents set to lose benefits.

Here’s what you need to know about the federal SNAP program, which provides food assistance to nearly one in eight Americans. It could go dark on Saturday.

Critics expressed alarm after government said it would totally suspend food aid programme utilised by 42 million people.

Today, around one in eight Americans receives Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits each month based on income, according to the Department of Agriculture. In…