EAST ELMHURST, Queens (WABC) -- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy visited LaGuardia Airport to sound the alarm about the impacts of the government shutdown, as air traffic controllers miss their first full paycheck on Tuesday.

As the government shutdown enters its 28th day with no end in sight, Tuesday marks the first day that air traffic controllers received a paycheck with nothing in it, forcing some to take on second jobs.

"You heard the stories of controllers working at Uber or DoorDash, a controller who might go a to food bank to help make ends meet," Duffy said.

Officials say it's the younger, newer air traffic controllers, the very ones being recruited to make up for previous staffing shortages, who are least equipped to wait out a government shutdown without a paycheck.

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