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with subsidies in the form of monies granted in his city-owned grocery store plan.
According to Mamdani, the $60 million price tag to fund his plan would amount to about half of what the city is already spending.
“It costs less than half of what the city is already spending on subsidizing corporate supermarkets without any guarantee of cheaper prices, any guarantee of collective bargaining agreements or that they accept SNAP or WIC," said Mamdani.
“It costs less than half of what the city is already spending on subsidizing corporate supermarkets without any guarantee of cheaper prices, any guarantee of collective bargaining agreements or that they accept SNAP or WIC," said Mamdani.
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/politics/critics-zohran-mamdanis-plan-nyc-run-grocery-stores-here-are-facts/6321296/
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NYC's FRESH program currently supports convenient, accessible grocery stores in under-served neighborhoods ( "food deserts" ) through tax breaks. The city has funded FRESH with $4 million in grants, but the $140 million in "revenue invested" by NYC is largely in the form of tax subsidies, not monies granted.
https://www.nyc.gov/content/planning/pages/our-work/plans/citywide/food-retail-expansion-support-health-fresh
https://edc.nyc/program/food-retail-expansion-support-health-fresh
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