Tens of thousands of New Yorkers receiving food stamps will have to prove starting next month that they’re working, or risk losing the federal benefit that helps them pay for groceries.

The Trump administration is giving states until the first week of November to roll out the expanded work rules, months earlier than New York officials expected.

The change is worrying advocates for low-income New Yorkers and city officials, who contend it will mean kicking thousands off the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, at a time when many are struggling to afford rising food costs.

”It is a virtually impossible timeline to meet,” said Molly Wasow Park, New York City’s Department of Social Services commissioner. She said her agency was working closely with the state to make sure

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