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Mamdani’s $70M city-run grocery plan could buy more than 1M Costco memberships: critics
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan to build government-run supermarkets in all five boroughs will cost taxpayers at least $70 million, which critics argue could instead be used to purchase Costco memberships for over 1 million New Yorkers.
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