New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing fresh criticism after unveiling plans for city-backed grocery stores that would sell food at prices 30% below traditional retailers, with opponents deriding the proposal as government-run “ration shops” and questioning how the discounts could be sustained.”This is completely insane. Also not possible unless taxpayers are subsidizing all the groceries. Grocery store profits are tiny, a few percentage po…
Mamdani’s ‘ration shop’ grocery plan faces blistering economic critique as opponents blast socialist policy
July 29, 2026