Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency in response to cuts to food assistance due to the federal government shutdown.

Hochul said New York is committing $65 million for emergency food assistance.

“The Trump Administration is cutting food assistance off for 3 million New Yorkers, leaving our state to face an unprecedented public health crisis and hurting our grocers, bodegas and farmers along the way,” Hochul said.

Hochul also said that SUNY Empire State Service Corps members would be deployed to support food banks.