Exclusive | Mamdani officials scramble to ease concerns about public supermarkets — but local business leaders aren’t buying it

The Mamdani administration is scrambling to ease concerns about its plans to open government-owned supermarkets — but recent talks have instead raised even greater alarms among local business owners, The Post has learned. New York City bodega owners came to City Hall last week for a “roundtable discussion” at the invitation of Julie Su, deputy mayor for economic justice — only to get barraged with “intrusive” questions about their businesses, a source close to the situation said. Ahead of the meeting last Monday — attended by reps from city agencies and trade groups for the city’s 13,000 bodegas — Su…

James Webb telescope’s largest-ever map of the universe unmasks hidden corners

Astronomers have reconstructed the “skeleton” of the cosmos in unprecedented detail, thanks to the largest-ever survey conducted by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The resulting map reveals how galaxies have evolved since the universe’s infancy around 13 billion years ago and how they fall together in a vast structure…

Belgium granted right to appeal Folarin Balogun suspension ruling

Belgian soccer officials on Monday were granted the right to appeal the ruling that resulted in USMNT’s ace Folarin Balogun’s ban being overturned – hours before the two nations clash in Seattle. Bosses of the European federation wrote to FIFA chiefs, saying they were “astonished” by the dramatic decision, and…

Lakers’ Luka Doncic making most of NBA offseason

Luka Doncic appears to be making the most of his NBA offseason. Doncic posted a series of photos on his Instagram Story on Sunday afternoon that included pictures of him enjoying some time out on the water. The first photo of Doncic featured him free-falling into the ocean with his…

Karl-Anthony Towns turned into nonfacter when Knicks needed him most

In Game 1, the Hawks didn’t have an answer for Karl-Anthony Towns. They weren’t really slowing him down the first three quarters Monday, either. But in the final stanza, Towns didn’t see the ball much, and the Knicks blew a 12-point fourth-quarter lead in this best-of-seven opening-round series. Now, the…

House GOP’s campaign arm outraises Dems with record  million haul

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) raked in a record $47.1 million in the first quarter of 2026 — topping their Democratic counterparts by nearly $2 million ahead of the midterm elections.  The hefty sum was boosted by the best March fundraising the NRCC has ever recorded, with $28.1 million…

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