Walmart and grocery stores across the New York area are being threatened with mass looting after SNAP benefits expire on Saturday, law enforcement sources told The Post.

The threats began cropping up on social media this week after the US Department of Agriculture announced that November food stamp payments would not be made to some 42 million Americans due to the federal government shutdown — which at 29 days and counting is already the second-longest in US history.

The news has incensed many recipients of the 60-year-old Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, some of whom are threatening to take matters into their own hands with a lawless national protest, the source said.

As the benefits pause looms, postings on TikTok and Facebook have cropped up encouraging people to coordina

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