Asian man is pushing hard for city owned grocery stores to cut down cost??

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Mamdani’s East Harlem grocery store site already got $25M in NYC taxpayer funds years ago — setting stage for $55M boondoggle
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open a $30 million, city-owned grocery store in East Harlem is aimed for a site that was already approved for a $25 million public upgrade years ago — setting the stage for a bizarre boondoggle that has perplexed local business leaders, The Post has learned.

La Marqueta, the food-focused market between East 111th and East 119th streets under the elevated Metro North tracks on Park Avenue, is where Mamdani last month proposed to open a government-owned supermarket. Unlike neighboring stores, the new grocer would be able to offer rock-bottom prices because it wouldn’t pay rent or taxes.

That same site, however, already won approval from the city’s Economic Development Corporation nearly a decade ago for a $25 million project to redevelop La Marqueta — bringing the total price tag of the market’s proposed makeover to a staggering $55 million, city officials confirmed.

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Mamdani’s East Harlem grocery store site already got $25M in NYC taxpayer funds years ago — setting stage for $55M boondoggle
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open a $30 million, city-owned grocery store in East Harlem is aimed for a site that was already approved for a $25 million public upgrade years ago — setting the stage for a bizarre boondoggle that has perplexed local business leaders, The Post has learned.

La Marqueta, the food-focused market between East 111th and East 119th streets under the elevated Metro North tracks on Park Avenue, is where Mamdani last month proposed to open a government-owned supermarket. Unlike neighboring stores, the new grocer would be able to offer rock-bottom prices because it wouldn’t pay rent or taxes.

That same site, however, already won approval from the city’s Economic Development Corporation nearly a decade ago for a $25 million project to redevelop La Marqueta — bringing the total price tag of the market’s proposed makeover to a staggering $55 million, city officials confirmed.

Gov't funded grocery store? This would be a money pit for tax payers... I bet they'll never arrest anyone from stealing there just like they don't prosecute subway ticket turnstile jumpers. It's free... The tax payers will fork up extra in taxes to make up the difference.