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Zo’s pet-project grocery: Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2026

The Issue: Mayor Mamdani reveals his $30 million plan for New York’s first city-run grocery store.

Mayor Mamdani is allocating $70 million in capital funds to finance government-run supermarkets? I thought we were facing a budget crisis (“$30M for a Trader Zo’s,” April 14).

Yes, food prices have gone up, but supermarkets operate on very slim margins — and consumers have the right to shop around to find lower prices. It’s called capitalism.

All this will succeed in doing is putting smaller food stores, which don’t have the advantage of free rent and taxes, out of business. I guess Mam­dani can get advice from government food managers from Venezuela and Cuba.

A $30 million city-run grocery store opening up in 2029? Why bother, it’s already a failure.

The mayor’s plan to build a $30 million grocery store is a textbook example of government waste. This pet project smells of Bill de Blasio’s program for his wife, “ThriveNYC,” which cost taxpayers $1 billion.

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