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FRIENDS WITH (SNAP) BENEFITS: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled the latest perk of his chummy relationship with President Donald Trump, announcing a deal today that will give stores across the country more time to comply with changes to federal food assistance rules.
Key points
- Now, after negotiations with Rollins and foe-turned-bro Trump, Mamdani secured a 90-day extension for small retailers to comply with the rules — not just in New York City, but nationwide.
- As the two executives approach the one-year anniversary of their unexpected bromance, today’s announcement serves as a reminder that Mamdani’s Trump strategy has largely paid off.
- Just before they kicked in, Mamdani signed onto a bipartisan letter to USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins urging the Trump administration to delay implementing the new requirements.
“And the president took that concern seriously.” Mamdani declined to share how often he chats with Trump — “I’ll keep the cadence of that between the two of us,” he said — but he emphasized their conversations are ongoing.
Additional details
- In February, Mamdani successfully petitioned Trump to release a Columbia University student who had been taken into the custody by U.S.
- Mamdani said he personally escalated the extension request to President Trump after City Hall reached out to the federal government.
- After a seemingly love-struck Trump emerged from the duo’s first Oval Office meeting on Nov.
- The mayor rarely, if ever, criticizes Trump directly.
- He warned the rules would threaten the viability of the city’s more than 10,000 bodegas and corner stores, as well as the New Yorkers who rely on them, if the stores could not meet the mandates in time and lost the ability to accept SNAP payments.
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