NYC taxpayers could pay twice under Mamdani's city-owned grocery store plan

New York City officials are looking at ways to ease costs for independent grocers as taxpayers foot the bill for Mayor Zohran Mamdani 's city-owned grocery store plan. The administration is eyeing tax breaks, incentives and zoning benefits to help private grocers manage costs as the city moves ahead with taxpayer-subsidized stores that will receive low- or no-cost real estate, city-funded buildouts and other subsidies. That could put taxpayers in a position of paying twice, once for the city-run