Millions of New Yorkers may soon lose access to SNAP benefits, and local food pantries are working to close the gap.

“The phone has been ringing off the hook today. Half the people are concerned to make sure our pantry program will be open tomorrow and the other half are wondering when they can bring food,” Peter Endriss said Friday.

Endriss is the executive director of a Brooklyn food pantry and soup kitchen called Community Help in Park Slope — or CHiPS.

The nonprofit organization has been serving New Yorkers for more than 50 years, and reliance on it has only grown.

“Already at the end of every month, we see our lines increase. So, people's benefits weren’t even getting them through the month. So now, with the thought of SNAP benefits being delayed starting at the beginning of Novem

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