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NEW YORK CITY, JUN 30 – Zohran Mamdani plans five municipal grocery stores to lower food prices in underserved New York City neighborhoods where over 30% of residents face food insecurity.
- The Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City has put forward a plan to establish five grocery stores owned by the city, with one located in each borough, aiming to reduce food costs for residents struggling with food insecurity.
- Mamdani plans to fund the stores by redirecting city subsidies from private grocery chains, but this is based on a misunderstanding of tax programs that subsidize private investment.
- Critics like grocer John Catsimatidis warn Mamdani's plan could destroy private grocery businesses and liken it to failed government-controlled stores in Venezuela that caused shortages and long lines.
- Mamdani defended his idea on June 29, citing feasibility studies from Chicago and Kansas and examples of positive impacts from similar government stores in other U.S. cities.
- The proposal highlights debate over public versus private roles in addressing food access, with some experts endorsing public options while others see risks in government competition with businesses.
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Candidate Touts New Model For Grocery Stores - Patriot Newsfeed
New York City’s next big idea in urban planning? Government-run grocery stores—courtesy of self-declared communist and current NYC mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani’s bold plan to combat food prices includes opening five taxpayer-funded grocery stores, which he claims will undercut “corporate supermarkets” and eliminate price gouging. The problem? The entire financial foundation of the plan is built on a misreading of a website infogra…
Revealed: Communist Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Made an Embarrassing Mistake While Devising Scheme to Fund City-Owned Grocery Stores in New York City
Communist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has struck fear in the hearts of New Yorkers with his radical plans to ruin the most famous city in America.
'It's oppressive': New York grocer skewers Mamdani over 'state-run food stores'
One of New York's wealthiest grocers published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Monday attacking Zohran Mamdani for proposing the creation of up to five city-owned grocery stores. John Catsimatidis, the billionaire businessman who owns the Gristedes and D'Agostino Supermarket chains in Manhattan, argued that Mamdani's policy proposal has echoes of Hugh Chávez's regime in Venezuela. He also said the proposal would kill private industry and …
Mamdani’s Government Grocery Plan Unravels in Humiliating Fashion.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani has proposed socialist grocery stores, claiming they can be funded by redirecting city subsidies from private grocery stores.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s Economic Development Corporation, and private grocery stores participating in the FRESH program.WHEN & WHERE: New York City, during Mamdani’s mayoral campaign.KEY QUOTE: “We will redirect city fun…
NYC bodega owners worry Zohran Mamdani will put them out of business with his city-run grocery store plan: ‘I don’t want to lose my job’ – CLG News
NYC bodega owners worry Zohran Mamdani will put them out of business with his city-run grocery store plan: ‘I don’t want to lose my job’ | 30 June 2025 | Bodega owners and workers on Monday sounded the alarm over Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s plan to launch city-owned grocery stores [straight-up WEF communism: “You will eat the bugs.”] — claiming it’ll put them out of business. “Competing with the city having business is not goin…
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