Summary
A new free grocery store called "The Polymarket" will open in New York City on February 12. Polymarket, a gambling website, announced the store, which aims to offer free groceries to all New Yorkers. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani also plans to open city-run grocery stores in each borough to help lower grocery prices.
Key Facts
- "The Polymarket" is New York City's first free grocery store.
- The store will open on February 12.
- Polymarket, a gambling website, is behind this project.
- The store aims to offer free groceries to everyone in New York City.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani intends to open city-run stores in each borough to make groceries more affordable.
- The city would cover rent and operating costs for these city-run stores, with groceries sold at wholesale prices.
- Polymarket confirmed on social media that the free grocery store is real and under construction.
