Zohran Mamdani’s plan to build city-owned grocery stores in New York has now launched a lawsuit.
Immigrant owned grocery stores are banding together to fight Mamdani’s plan because they know that the city owned stores will have an advantage that they can’t compete with.
If the city owned stores can sell the same products at a much cheaper price with no worries about paying taxes, the privately owned stores will eventually go out of business.
New York Post reports:
Immigrant grocers sue Mamdani over government-owned supermarkets, liken plan to Walmart coming to NYC
Immigrant grocers and bodegas sued Mayor Zohran Mamdani over his plan to open five government-owned supermarkets — likening his plans to the devastating competitive threat that would be posed by Walmart coming to New York City.
The Multicultural Business Coalition, which is comprised of 50 chambers of commerce representing ethnically diverse businesses, filed two lawsuits in New York state court on Monday — one of them a seven-page class-action on behalf of “hundreds” of store owners who are “members of groups historically discriminated against.”
The class-action alleges that the business owners’ civil rights will be violated if the municipal stores are allowed to open, according to court papers.
The second suit — a 13-page filing in New York state Supreme Court — claims that the government-owned stores would present problems similar to those posed by Walmart, which has attempted several times to enter the Big Apple without success.
For years, the Arkansas-based discounter has faced fierce opposition from New York politicians, with legislators and labor unions claiming small businesses would be decimated by the retail giant.
The municipal grocery stores “have pledged to sell food items 30% below the market-rate, a rate that rivals or exceeds Walmart discounts,” according to the second filing.
Here’ a video report from the FOX Business Network:
BREAKING: Immigrant-owned grocers are suing NYC Mayor Mamdani over his government-run grocery stores.
“This coalition representing 50 chambers of commerce… they are ready to sue the city of New York over their government run grocery stores.”
“The lawsuit is drafted. It will be… pic.twitter.com/F6SNKqABXG
— Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) August 24, 2026
All of this is happening just so that Mamdani can deliver on a stupid promise that he made to supporters during the mayoral campaign.
He could have just made it more attractive for supermarket companies to open more stores in the city but instead, he is doing this.
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