Halloween is meant to be scary, but it’s tomorrow, Nov. 1, that’s proving far more frightening to families around New York and the country as it’s expected to bring the sudden end of SNAP, also known as food stamps, as Donald Trump and congressional Republicans refuse to either move to end the government shutdown or tap into emergency funds to keep the program going.

Run by the USDA under Secretary Brooke Rollins , the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is not just one more government program in the sea of initiatives that the Trump administration has opted to target. Not to say that Trump’s obsession with cutting things like cancer research or climate monitoring are good, appropriate or even legal, but their impacts will be more spread out over time. A sudden shut-off of SNA

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