Mamdani Announces First City-Owned Grocery Store Will Open Next Year

New York City's first city-owned grocery store will open in the Bronx neighborhood of Hunts Point next year, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday, making good on a high-profile campaign promise to expand the role of government in the Big Apple.

The mayor's plan includes five city-owned grocery stores, one in each borough. He previously announced the city's first location set to be at La Marqueta in East Harlem in Manhattan, with hopes to open the store by 2029. The new store will be within Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D., N.Y.) district — a staunch defender of the government grocery plan.