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Zohran Mamdani: “We're talking about five grocery stores in a city that has…”

Featuring: Zohran Mamdani, Democratic | Mayor of New York City

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If Jun closes some of his stores, will that be a failure on your part? How would you see that? I will leave John's business decisions to John, but what I will tell you is that We're talking about five grocery stores in a city that has more than a thousand. And just to be very clear, you're saying some of these items will be cheaper than essentials, but not necessarily all. We're talking about the basket of essentials. (05:45–05:49)

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Asserts plan for five city-run grocery stores in a city with over a thousand stores.

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