NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the city’s first publicly owned supermarket in East Harlem, funded with $30M and due to open next year. He plans five stores (one per borough) by 2029, operating without rent or taxes to pass savings to shoppers; he rebutted neoliberal critiques, saying “May the most affordable grocery store win.” Bernie Sanders appeared at the announcement.
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[NBC] First NYC-owned grocery store to open in Harlem, Mayor Mamdani says www.resetera.com/threads/14...
Amidst the passionate speech, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced that all of the city-funded grocery stores would open by the end of his first term, with the first opening this year at La Marqueta in East Harlem. www.thecity.nyc/2026/04/12/m...
NYC's first city-run grocery store coming to East Harlem, Mayor Mamdani announces www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
I like Mamdani. The people have spoken in NYC, they like him too. Having the city gov' open up commissaries for non-military folks is fine. A little dent in a big problem for a few people. His 'whole 1st term' to do it seems a bit long. Anti-trust across the board is THE long term solution however.
Mamdani Announces First City-Owned Supermarket New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced the location of the city’s first publicly owned supermarket, marking a step towards delivering on his pledge to bring down the cost of food. The city will spend $30m (£22.3m) on the store, which is due to open next year at a marketplace in East Harlem, Mamdani announced on Sunday during an address to mark his first 100 days in office. He wants to open five of the stores – one for each of the city’s boroughs – before the end of his first term in 2029. They will operate without paying rent or taxes and pass those savings onto shoppers. During his address, Mamdani rebutted the neoliberal arguments about the effectiveness of publicly owned businesses. “Some will insist that city-owned businesses do not work, that government cannot keep up with corporations,” he said. “My answer to them is simple: I look forward to the competition. May the most affordable grocery store win.” Mamdani has been quick to deliver on several of his major campaign pledges – many of them aimed at bringing down the cost of living – since taking office on 1 January. He announced the introduction of a free childcare scheme, intervened on behalf of tenants living in poor conditions and secured millions of dollars of restitution for workers. Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders made a surprise appearance at Mamdani’s address. “I know that the mayor has been criticised and some say this is a radical idea,” he told the crowd. “I’ll tell you what is a radical idea: Giving tax breaks to billionaires. Throwing people off health care. That’s radical. What’s radical is starting a terrible war. That’s radical. But providing affordable food to working families? That’s not radical, it’s exactly the right thing to do.” https://novaramedia.com/2026/04/13/mamdani-announces-first-city-owned-supermarket/
Sayyid suggests Mamdani's win "can show that Islamophobia is not inevitable or invincible. It can spark the recognition that Islamophobia links the local and the global, the metropole and the periphery, the racial and the colonial."@reorient.bsky.social contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-curre...
Mamdani Returns to the Stage to Tell the Story of His First 100 Days www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/n...
What's most riveting about Mayor Mamdani is his authenticity combined with being a terrific role model for everyone of all ages and ethnicities. We are all partners in this life, and modeling Mamdani is how we could and should live so that the social fabric we create is healthy and connected.
