Zohran Mamdani: “This is less than half the cost of what the city is already…”

“City Run Grocery Stores have proposed a pilot program of one store in each borough. These are five stores in total. The total cost of this is $60 million. This is less than half the cost of what the city is already set to spend on a subsidy program for corporate supermarkets. that has no guarantee of cheaper prices or collective bargaining agreements or even accepting. So you're not looking at some, like, Soviet Union grocery stores on every corner that are gonna be run by the government?” (04:18–04:25)

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