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![CityDeskNYC Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1944499572132249600.png) CityDeskNYC [@CityDeskNYC](/creator/twitter/CityDeskNYC) on x XXX followers
Created: 2025-07-24 22:45:24 UTC

Zohran Mamdani’s city-owned grocery fantasy isn’t radical—it’s recycled failure. Kansas City’s $XX million disaster proves it: empty shelves, $885K losses, and cops patrolling tomato aisles because vagrants treat the place like a flophouse. Mamdani’s plan? Same playbook—no rent, no taxes, no profit motive. Translation: taxpayer-funded activist slush funds and DEI councils pretending to sell lettuce.

NYC’s own EDC markets like Essex Street survive on subsidies and still can’t compete with Trader Joe’s. Mamdani’s “public option” means replacing bodegas with bureaucracy while his DSA pals loot the till. Eric Adams called it right: false promises for clout.

Missouri’s rotting store isn’t an outlier—it’s the blueprint. Mamdani economics turns groceries into ideology. New Yorkers get the bill—and the empty carts.


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