Changes coming to south Lexington food scene, including Kroger move, more restaurants

Work is underway for the site of a new Kroger grocery store at the planned Rose Garland Place at 3255 Lexington Rd. in ...
New York Post

Mamdani’s $30M city-owned grocery store will cost 4 times the normal price to build — and lose $300K a year in perpetuity: experts

A Trader Joe’s can come cheap — but not a Trader Zo’s. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s $30 million city‑owned East Harlem grocery store is going to cost taxpayers roughly four times what rival markets spend on ...
The Hill

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 ...
Forbes

Mamdani’s Municipal Grocery Stores Risk Making NYC’s Affordability Problem Worse

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani attends a news conference where he announced the first of ...
City Journal

Mamdani’s East Harlem Grocery Store Boondoggle

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced the first location for one of the five promised city-owned grocery stores. The 9,000 square-foot store will be built on a city-owned vacant site under ...
Yahoo

Mamdani's Fix for Food Deserts: Opening a $30 Million City-Owned Grocery Store Near Other Grocery Stores

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has now been in office for a little over 100 days, and while he has not yet delivered on his campaign promises to freeze the rent or make buses free, his city-owned ...
New York Daily News

Mamdani’s city-run grocery stores to offer heavy discounts on basics, cost $70m to build

Mayor Mamdani unveiled new details about how his planned city-run grocery stores in each borough would work on Tuesday, saying the stores will offer discounted prices for an “essential basket of goods ...
pix11

Who can shop at city-run grocery stores in NYC?

NEW YORK (PIX11) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the first city‑run grocery store is on the way. The mayor announced the launch of the city’s first government‑run grocery store during his ...
CBS News

NYC's first city-run grocery store coming to East Harlem, Mayor Mamdani announces

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has made his choice for the site of New York City's first city-run grocery store. Speaking at a rally in Queens on Sunday while celebrating his first 100 days in office, Mamdani ...
The Washington Post

Mamdani says New York will have a city-run grocery store in every borough

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Sunday he’ll move ahead with plans to open five city-run grocery stores, with the first set to debut next year in East Harlem. Mamdani, a democratic socialist who ...
NBC New York

First NYC-owned grocery store to open in Harlem, Mamdani says

Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the first location of a New York City-owned grocery store to be opened before the end of his first term. La Marqueta, in East Harlem, has been selected as a site for one ...