Syracuse, N.Y. - Nearly 100,000 people in Central New York who depend on SNAP benefits to pay for their groceries should get their money by the end of this week.

Onondaga County spokesman Justin Sayles said that the county has issued everyone’s full benefits for November.

More than 50,000 people in Onondaga County, and 100,000 across Onondaga, Cayuga, Oswego and Madison counties, depend on the federal program to buy groceries every month.

Some in Onondaga County received their payments as early as Sunday. Everyone should be paid by Thursday, Sayles said.

The same is true across the state, according to information from the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, which oversees the benefits, also referred to as “food stamps,” statewide.

The money, which pays for groceries

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