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Lawsuit challenges Mamdani plan for city-run grocery stores

8/27/2026

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Mamdani Lawsuit

A class-action lawsuit was filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court against Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open city-run grocery stores.
Plaintiffs argue the city lacks legal authority to create municipal grocery stores.
The Multicultural Business Coalition, representing hundreds of New York City small businesses, filed the suit.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says plan complies with law, Bronx store next year, boroughs by 2029.

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Mamdani Lawsuit

A class-action lawsuit was filed Monday in New York Supreme Court against Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan for city-run grocery stores.
Business leaders say the plan discriminates by using public money, giving operators an unfair advantage and threatening minority entrepreneurs.
Bodega owners and business leaders rallied outside American Deli Mini Market near the store site.
The Multicultural Business Coalition, representing 50 chambers, filed two state-court lawsuits against the grocery plan.

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Mark Jaffe, president and CEO of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, said the city-run grocery plan would violate civil rights by using government money discriminatorily.
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Mamdani Lawsuit

A class-action lawsuit was filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court against Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open city-run grocery stores.
Plaintiffs argue the city lacks legal authority to create municipal grocery stores.
The Multicultural Business Coalition, representing hundreds of New York City small businesses, filed the suit.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani says plan complies with law, Bronx store next year, boroughs by 2029.

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