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At $55M, Mamdani’s city-owned grocery store is a GROWING boondoggle
Mamdani’s $55M city-owned grocery store project at La Marqueta is criticized as a growing boondoggle. The site was previously approved for a $25M upgrade nine years ago, with plans to now spend an additional $30M.
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- Mamdani’s East Harlem grocery store site already got $25M in NYC taxpayer funds years ago — setting stage for $55M boondoggle
- Mamdani’s city-run grocery plan draws pushback from local bodegas, supermarkets
- 'Wasteful distraction': Experts slam Mamdani's taxpayer-funded grocery stores
- NYC grocers sound alarm on Mamdani's supermarket plan: 'We'll lose customers'
- NYC grocers sound alarm on Mamdani's supermarket plan: 'We'll lose customers'
- 'Wasteful distraction': Experts slam Mamdani's taxpayer-funded grocery stores