Can 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 results
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Carlos Collado, a Dominican immigrant who owns five independent grocery stores in the Bronx and Manhattan, has succeeded over the last three decades despite obstacles that he blames on local and state governance.
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.
The mayor announced additional details about the stores this week, which he said will offer produce, meat and seafood for 30% less than typical retail prices.
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