Mamdani said in an interview on Nov. 4, 2025, on Hot 97, a New York City-based radio station, that the city-run grocery stores he was proposing would not sell cigarettes or lottery tickets. However ..

Economists and business leaders are sounding alarms over New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s plan to roll out city-owned grocery stores that he says will lower food costs. "You don’t ...

Zohran Mamdani won New York City's Democratic mayoral primary partly on his plan to open five city-owned grocery stores—one in each of New York's boroughs. The idea is as absurd as it sounds, but it's ...

Bodega owners and workers on Monday sounded the alarm over Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s plan to launch city-owned grocery stores — claiming it’ll put them out of business. “Competing ...