New York supermarkets sue over Mamdani’s municipal grocery stores

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Trending on The Hill - August 24, 2026

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A group of grocers in New York City filed two separate lawsuits on Monday against Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration following the proposal of municipal grocery stores across the Big Apple.

Plaintiffs united under the Multicultural Business Coalition sued Mamdani in state court, alleging their civil rights will be violated if city-run grocery stores are opened. 

The second lawsuit alleges Mamdani’s administration didn’t engage in a proper analysis of the impact municipal grocery stores with reduced prices will have on current grocers. 

“Plaintiffs have been denied equal protection where the Plaintiffs, predominately immigrant and minority owned grocery stores, are unable to offer similarly discounted products of the NYC-GP, and therefore, the former are being unduly denied the equal protection of the subsidized municipal grocery stores (i.e.,........

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