Mamdani vs. Bodegas

His socialist supermarkets could put New York’s little grocers out of business

By Faith Bottum of The WSJ. Excerpts:

"Many bodega owners say the mayor has betrayed them by pushing ahead with his plan to create city-owned supermarkets. The government “should be working with us,” says Francisco Marte, 59, owner of Green Earth Food in the Bronx and president of the Bodega and Small Business Association of New York. “That type of business run by the government, they never succeed. They always fail, and they fail big and with a lot of money that could have been used for something better.”"

"But five grocers are already within a two-block radius of that proposed Harlem store, with 10 more within five blocks."