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Zohran Mamdani suggests ‘New York City’s first free grocery store’ is PR stunt

todayFebruary 5, 2026

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Polymarket, the cryptocurrency-based prediction market, announced it would open store in apparent nod to mayor’s signature policy

Zohran Mamdani made city-operated grocery stores a key pledge of his campaign for mayor of New York City. So when one company seemed to muscle in on the idea this week, apparently as a PR stunt, Mamdani was quick to reply.

Polymarket, the cryptocurrency-based prediction market, announced on Tuesday it would be opening “New York City’s first free grocery store,” seemingly a nod to the mayor’s signature policy. In a statement the firm said it hoped to “empower every New Yorker to achieve food security for good”, and that it had donated $1m to the Food Bank for NYC.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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