New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a deal with President Donald Trump on Friday to secure a 90-day delay on new federal stock requirements for stores accepting SNAP benefits.
The rules issued by the USDA on Sept. 4 originally required bodegas and grocery stores to stock at least seven different varieties of food across four categories—dairy, grains, proteins, and fruits and vegetables—by Nov. 4, or lose their authorization to accept SNAP.
“I have spoken to President Trump and United States Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, and as a result of those conversations, the president has agreed to give small business owners at least a 90-day extension to comply with a rule that would have affected tens of thousands of snap-accepting grocery stores and bodegas nationwide,” Mamdani said at City Hall.
Bodegas in neighborhoods like the Bronx rely heavily on the program, where SNAP can account for as much as 30% of a bodega’s sales. Corporate grocers faced little trouble adapting to the guidelines, but corner stores struggled to meet the threshold.
“In a moment, the lives of more than a million New Yorkers and tens of millions more across America were thrown into chaos,” Mamdani said.
Mamdani thanked Trump and Rollins “for their consideration of New Yorkers and the hardship that this would have imposed on millions of Americans,” adding that the president delivered relief to small business owners across the city and the country.
“When I ran for this office, I promised New Yorkers that I would work with anyone and everyone to lower costs in our city and to improve New Yorkers’ lives,” Mamdani said.
Businesses now have three additional months to bring their inventories into compliance with the USDA standards.
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