https://www.wsj.com/opinion/mamdani-vs-bodegas-ae845509?st=mFSEJC&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
File this under "The Left Eats Itself, (Again)" or "We Told You So..."
His socialist supermarkets could put New York's little grocers out of business.
File this under "The Left Eats Itself, (Again)" or "We Told You So..."
His socialist supermarkets could put New York's little grocers out of business.
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At an October campaign event, Zohran Mamdani received the endorsement of the United Bodegas of America, an advocacy group for some 14,000 neighborhood grocery stores. After holding up an egg-cheese-and-jalapeño sandwich from a local shop, he announced, "I look forward to delivering for every single bodega owner."
Many bodega owners say the mayor has betrayed them by pushing ahead with his plan to create city-owned supermarkets. The government "should be working with us," says Francisco Marte, 59, owner of Green Earth Food in the Bronx and president of the Bodega and Small Business Association of New York. "That type of business run by the government, they never succeed. They always fail, and they fail big and with a lot of money that could have been used for something better." Carlos Collado, 58, owner of a Fine Foods store in the Bronx, asks: "How can one compete against that monster that is weaponizing our own tax dollars?"
