Zohran Mamdani: “The cost of this is $60 million to set up one store in each…”

“Why should they not have not only access, but the ability to buy goods that are within their price range? So the core of this is cheaper groceries is a guarantee. The cost of this is $60 million to set up one store in each borough. So that's five stores as the pilot program. Now that should be compared to the city's existing program called City Fresh, where they're set to spend $140 million subsidizing corporate …” (06:31–06:36)

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