NYC Mayoral candidate - GOV should buy homes and convert them into "social housing projects"

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Marxist Mamdani
NYC Mayoral candidate says the government should buy up private homes and convert them into "social housing projects"

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NY Post -
[Socialist] and mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani apparently wants to pay for his city-run grocery stores by using taxpayer funds that don’t actually exist.

Mamdani implied that he could pull from $140 million in city subsidies directed at “corporate grocery stores” for his proposal.

But that pot of money is actually what private businesses have invested thanks to the program, called City FRESH, over a 12-year span.

Mamdani claimed his pilot program to launch five government-run grocery stores — one in each borough — would cost just $60 million as he called up the City Fresh program again in a podcast interview Monday.

“It is something that would cost $60 million in total, which is less than half of what the city is currently set to spend on subsidizing corporate supermarkets through a program called City Fresh,” he said.

“The City Fresh program, which is set to cost about $140 million, is one that doesn’t require the supermarkets receiving the subsidy to accept SNAP or WIC,” Mamdani wrongly claimed about the program’s pricetag.

The $140 million actually refers to: “The amount of money invested into NYC’s economy through FRESH.”

Only some $30 million in tax breaks have been doled out to participating grocers as part of City Fresh over that same 12 year span.

Overall, 27 grocery stores meant to alleviate food deserts across the five boroughs have benefited from the City Fresh tax breaks.

The Mamdani campaign said part of the grocery-store program would be paid for with City Fresh funds, and the rest would come from slapping an additional 1% tax on the ultra-wealthy.

Mayor Eric Adams: “Zohran Mamdani’s plan for government-run grocery stores is built on $140 million in subsidies that don’t exist. Why? He misread a website. This isn’t just sloppy, it’s reckless.”

Grocery stores owners say that city-run stores would put them out of business because they won’t be able to offer the same lower prices.