Can Mamdani plan for city-owned stores deliver cheap food for New Yorkers?
New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announces a city-wide, discounted grocery plan for city-run municipal grocery stores in Brooklyn on Monday. Photograph: Ryan Murphy/APView image in fullscreenNew York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announces a city-wide, discounted grocery plan for city-run municipal grocery stores in Brooklyn on Monday. The city has provided tax benefits to big corporations that opened grocery stores and took business away from his.Now, he says, New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, will make it even harder for him and other grocery store and bodega owners to succeed because of his plan to open five city-owned grocers.
- ▪New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announces a city-wide, discounted grocery plan for city-run municipal grocery stores in Brooklyn on Monday.
- ▪Photograph: Ryan Murphy/APView image in fullscreenNew York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announces a city-wide, discounted grocery plan for city-run municipal grocery stores in Brooklyn on Monday.
- ▪The city has provided tax benefits to big corporations that opened grocery stores and took business away from his.Now, he says, New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, will make it even harder for him and other grocery store and bodega owners
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New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announces a city-wide, discounted grocery plan for city-run municipal grocery stores in Brooklyn on Monday. Photograph: Ryan Murphy/APView image in fullscreenNew York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, announces a city-wide, discounted grocery plan for city-run municipal grocery stores in Brooklyn on Monday. Photograph: Ryan Murphy/APNew YorkCan Mamdani plan for city-owned stores deliver cheap food for New Yorkers?Food costs have soared but existing businesses fear unfair competition and programs elsewhere yielded mixed resultsEric Berger in New York Sun 2 Aug 2026 08.00 EDTLast modified on Sun 2 Aug 2026 08.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleCarlos Collado, a Dominican immigrant who owns five independent grocery stores in the Bronx and Manhattan,…
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