Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Friday that he had struck a deal directly with President Donald Trump to delay enforcement of new federal food-stocking requirements for small retailers nationwide, securing a reprieve of at least 90 days for thousands of New York City bodegas that risked losing their ability to accept food stamps.
The agreement, which City Hall said was reached through negotiations with the president, comes less than two weeks after Mamdani urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to postpone the new requirements for six months, warning that neighborhood stores had not been given enough time to comply.
