ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — The federal government faces two new lawsuits in New York for suspending Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. An alliance of states including New York sued over SNAP on Tuesday, following the Legal Aid Society’s and the Urban Justice Center’s class-action lawsuit on Monday.

Both lawsuits are available to read at the bottom of this story.

Attorney General Letitia James joined 25 other state and district leaders who filed against the Department of Agriculture and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins. They argued that pausing monthly food aid breaks federal law.

The other suit challenges the early reinstatement of certain work requirements for about 100,000 New York City residents. They also sued Rollins, claiming her agency illegally ended a waiver from th

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