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The city will continue to provide fresh fruit and vegetable snacks to public school kids, after warning last week that it would squash it.

A City Hall spokesperson stated that the person who sent the email does not hold authority over the program and is incorrect. This came to light after The Post published the story last Saturday.

A memo issued by the city Department of Education notified public schools across the city about the discontinuation of the USDA-funded Fresh Fruit and Vegetable program in 53 NYC schools by the end of the month due to a “funding issue.”

The spokesperson declined to provide further information about the employee who fired off the memo.

The spokesperson from City Hall mentioned that New York City Public Schools will be issuing a clarification to families and educators to assure them that students will still have access to fresh fruits and vegetables.

The memo was sent shortly after news broke that the US Department of Agriculture is cutting $1 billion in funding to provide schools and food banks with fresh, local produce, one of the latest efforts by the Trump administration to eliminate federal waste.

But the city insisted those funds are separate, and that it knew the $1.1 million in federal funding to bring the fresh produce to 53 NYC schools would run out.

Now, the DOE’s Office of Food and Nutrition Services will cover the snacks for the remainder of the school year using city tax levy funds.

The same thing happened last fiscal year, officials noted.