Mamdani officials admit NYC-owned markets won't have features like butchers, hot food — as critics rail plan is 'destined for failure'

Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Economic Development Corporation admitted this week that his city-owned grocery stores "might not have all the items" you'd find in a typical supermarket.

The five stores — which are expected to cost taxpayers upwards of $70 million — will likely not include hot food counters or butchers, EDC officials revealed during a board meeting Thursday.

"It may not have all the items, but it's going to be like a typical grocery store," insisted Jeanny Pak, interim CEO of the EDC, the powerful city-run nonprofit tasked with boosting economic growth and development...