{"id":2655343,"date":"2026-09-06T09:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-taken-to-court-by-immigrant-businesses-over-city-run-grocery-store-scheme\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T09:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T13:32:18","slug":"mamdani-taken-to-court-by-immigrant-businesses-over-city-run-grocery-store-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-taken-to-court-by-immigrant-businesses-over-city-run-grocery-store-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani Taken to Court by Immigrant Businesses Over City-Run Grocery Store Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdani-taken-to-court-by-immigrant-businesses-over-city-run-grocery-store-scheme%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2655343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A coalition of immigrant business owners has filed two lawsuits against New york city Mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s proposed plan to open five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grocer-offers-one-of-his-locations-to-test-government-run-store-plan-but-his-one-condition-could-kill-the-deal\/\" title=\"Grocer Offers One of His Locations to Test Government-Run ... ... - But His One Condition Could Kill the Deal\">city-run grocery stores<\/a>. The coalition, representing 50 chambers of commerce primarily composed of small supermarkets and bodegas, argues that the stores would unfairly compete with existing small businesses, many operated by minority owners, and could violate laws protecting equal treatment. Thay also contend that the city did not conduct proper studies on the economic impact of the stores. Critics, including business leaders like mark Jaffe, warn that heavily discounted, government-funded stores might harm small, often minority-owned, grocery stores and that the initiative could be a misallocation of taxpayer money. The city plans to open one store in each borough by the end of the mayor&#8217;s first term, claiming the initiative will not substantially impact the numerous existing grocery outlets across New York City.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A coalition of immigrant business owners filed a lawsuit over New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani\u2019s plan to launch government grocery stores.<\/p>\n<p>The Multicultural Business Coalition, which represents 50 chambers of commerce representing multicultural businesses, submitted two lawsuits on Monday over the plan to open subsidized grocery stores, per a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/nyc-business-owners-revolt-mamdani-government-run-grocery-stores-doomed-disaster\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/nyscef\/ViewDocument?docIndex=Q4pKWVQ1DQtSQMZ4hnYpig==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> claimed the grocery stores would deny the businesses \u2014 largely comprised of bodegas and small supermarkets \u2014 equal protection of the laws.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint said the five city-run grocery stores would \u201copenly compete with grocery stores at large, including members of the MBC, who are members of groups historically discriminated against, and who run grocery stores barely making profits, in some instances not operating in the red.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit added that New York City has not \u201cundertaken any studies and\/or any serious analysis before its current arbitrary site selection, of the effect that said competition will have on businesses, many of which are owed by minority groups that are historically excluded by the City of New York from economic opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mayor Mamdani just announced that he will be opening 5 city-run, tax-funded grocery stores:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrices set at 30% below retail prices\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lBk5MQhZRL\">pic.twitter.com\/lBk5MQhZRL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/2081759895767175456?\">July 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The other <a href=\"https:\/\/iapps.courts.state.ny.us\/nyscef\/ViewDocument?docIndex=jYil9z1c_PLUS_u5PGW5O1STNYA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> argued that the city-run stores would exceed \u201cthe scope of municipal authority,\u201d as well as be \u201carbitrary and capricious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opening of the city-run stores would be \u201cdiametrically opposed to the City\u2019s longstanding reasons for refusing to allow Walmart to operate grocery stores in the City: that the fallout from allowing Walmart to operate deep discount business, while bringing \u2018affordability,\u2019 further enriching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enes-kanter-nba-threatened-to-ban-me-for-anti-china-shoes\/\" title=\"Enes Kanter: NBA Threatened to Ban Me for Anti-China Shoes\">multibillion-dollar business<\/a>, would eliminate an untold amount of opportunity for minority businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Jaffe, president and CEO of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, told Fox News that \u201cthis is a campaign promise doomed for disaster if it is allowed to go through,\u201d referring to Mamdani\u2019s promises of heavily discounted grocery stores.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you use government money discriminatorily, it could be a civil rights violation,\u201d Jaffe said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShame on the administration for not working with small businesses, but trying to hurt them and being heartless in their statements,\u201d he added, referring to the Mamdani administration.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reported that Mamdani\u2019s stores would offer a core basket of goods offered at 30 percent lower prices than goods sold at other businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur tax dollars are buying groceries at full price, so we can sell them at 30% off up the street \u2014 that\u2019s not going to feed enough struggling people,\u201d Jaffe added.<\/p>\n<p>The Mamdani administration said in a statement to Fox News that they plan to \u201copen one city grocery store in each borough by the end of the Mayor\u2019s first term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are more than 1,000 grocery stores and supermarkets and over 10,000 bodegas and corner stores across New York City,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are more than 1.4 million New Yorkers currently struggling with food insecurity. 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