WASHINGTON — New York on Saturday continued to issue food assistance payments to the nearly 3 million New Yorkers enrolled in the federal SNAP program, despite a late-night Friday Supreme Court order issuing a temporary pause on the release of funds.

An aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul told Newsday on Saturday the state was continuing to distribute payments following the direction of a U.S. Department of Agriculture memo sent to states on Friday afternoon, hours before the court’s temporary injunction.

The USDA memo stated the agency, which administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, was working to “complete the processes necessary to make funds available” to states so they could distribute the “full” amount of payments due to enrollees.

Funding for the program, formerly known

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