‘It's an ugly bill'; Schumer says Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill' will cut SNAP for 100,000 Central New Yorkers
The senator said the bill contains the largest cut to food assistance in American history. He detailed the devastation this bill could have in Central New York.
'Oswego County has one of the highest rates of food insecurity in all of New York. It's one of the counties hit the hardest. This is a hunger hotspot,' Schumer said. 'When it comes to feeding the hungry, this bill is anything but beautiful. It's ugly and can be devastating for Central New York in so many ways. It's not a beautiful bill; it's an ugly bill.'
'It's an ugly bill'; Schumer says Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' will cut SNAP for 100,000 Central New Yorkers
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Tim Bryant was at the conference and shared that SNAP became a need for him after suffering a brain injury and he couldn't work.
'SNAP gave me something incredibly basic, but incredibly powerful. The ability to eat, nourish myself and focus on healing,' Bryant said. 'It's hard to explain how grounding that is when everything else is uncertain.'
Brian Reeves, the owner of Reeves Farms in Baldwinsville, said these cuts would mean fewer people would receive a sufficient diet.
'We need to feed everyone in our community. A well-nourished community is a healthy community,' Reeves said. 'A healthy community is a prosperous community. It's not only a good act, it's good business and as farmers, we should be concerned about that.'
The Executive Director of the Food Bank of Central New York added that one in seven people is food insecure in the area.
'We are looking at snap cuts of 9.5 billion meals off the table every year,' said Karen Belcher. 'It weakens the food assistance and health care access, threatening the well-being of neighbors working hard to thrive.'
Schumer said the cuts could potentially impact over 100,000 Central New Yorkers. At the conference, he says hospital funding will be affected, and energy costs will rise if the 'Big Beautiful Bill' passes. He has spoken to his republican colleagues in the Senate to work on getting SNAP cuts taken out of the bill.
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