Mamdani’s City-Run Grocery Plan Draws Pushback From Local Bodegas, Supermarkets

NYC grocers lobby Council Speaker Julie Menin to fight Mayor Mamdani’s controversial grocery-store plan

Big Apple grocery stores are optimistic that Council Speaker Julie Menin will take their side after she issued a cool response to Mayor Mamdani's proposal earlier this week.

Mamdani’s city-run grocery plan draws pushback from local bodegas, supermarkets

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) plan to open a city-owned grocery store in East Harlem is drawing pushback from critics who question its feasibility and warn of its economic impact on local businesses. At a rally Sunday marking his first 100 days as mayor, the democratic socialist announced the location of the first of [...]

Mamdani’s NYC grocery story: 3 years to build at $30 million cost to taxpayers

by WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News April 16, 2026 New York City taxpayers will be forced to pony up $30 million to build a city-run grocery store in East Harlem designed by socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Hizzoner’s store, which will take three years to build, purportedly aims to offer lower-priced staples (bread, eggs) without […]

Mamdani announces his first government-run grocery store...that costs taxpayers $30 million, and won't open for three years

Watch Louder with Crowder every weekday at 11:00 AM Eastern, only on Rumble Premium!Mayor Zohran Mamdani that the first city-owned grocery store – which carries a whopping $30 million expected price tag – won’t open until 2029. https://t.co/JbqTCnyE1X pic.twitter.com/EFwYLtKCJS— New York Post (@nypost) April 14, 2026 The Zohran took a break from bragging about raising taxes on a group of New Yorkers he has chosen to isolate to announce the first…

Nolte: Mamdani Grocery Store Will Take 3 Years to Build, Cost Absurd $30M

Zohran Mamdani, the Communist-Islamist mayor of New York City, is certainly living up to his Communist label with the announcement that his government-owned grocery store will cost a ridiculous $30 million and take three years to build. The post Nolte: Mamdani Grocery Store Will Take 3 Years to Build, Cost Absurd $30M appeared first on Breitbart.

Mamdani’s Socialist Grocery Stores Come With Huge Taxpayer Price Tag and Won’t Lower Most Food Costs

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s latest pitch for government-run grocery stores has all the hallmarks of socialist experimentation: grand promises of affordability wrapped in bureaucratic caveats. On Tuesday, the democratic socialist admitted that his city-owned markets will only guarantee lower prices for a narrow “core basket of goods”—staples like bread, milk, and eggs—while everything...