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A leader of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist grocery store project suggested that the Big Apple could funnel taxpayer money to shop owners losing business to the city-owned supermarkets, which are already projected to cost at least $70 million.
The gobsmacking comments from Waverly Neer, senior vice president of groceries at the project-leading Economic Development Corporation, sparked City Hall to furiously attempt to backpedal Thursday after furious backlash.
Neer, during an NY1 interview on Wednesday, said that “grants” could be used to support independent businesses alongside city-owned grocery stores, prompting a…
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