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Group of supermarkets, bodegas, suing NYC over mayor's city-run grocery store plan
SOCIETY Group of supermarkets, bodegas, suing NYC over mayor's city-run grocery store plan By Lucy Yang Tuesday, August 25, 2026 2:19AM Stream New York's #1 news - AccuWeather - original content 24/7 EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- A group of supermarkets, grocery stores and bodegas are suing New York City over Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plans to open several city-run grocery stores. They say the city-run stores will create unfair competition for an already struggling industry.
In East Harlem, plans are to build a city-subsidized grocery store right across the street from a bodega. The store will be at the old la Marqueta, promising a 30 percent savings on staples.