2026-08-23T08:58:34-04:00 / 福克斯新闻频道
为独立杂货店提供的补贴可能叠加在已承诺的5家市立门店7000万美元拨款之上
作者：阿曼达·马西亚斯 福克斯新闻
发布于2026年8月23日美国东部时间上午8:58
“这是浪费纳税人钱的分心之举：”专家抨击曼达尼的 taxpayer-funded 杂货店计划
专家警告，纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼开设多家市政府支持的杂货店的计划可能会伤害夫妻杂货店、消耗纳税人资金，并削弱私营企业。
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纽约市官员正在寻求缓解独立杂货店成本压力的办法，与此同时纳税人将为曼达尼市长的市立杂货店计划买单。
市政府当局正考虑推出税收减免、激励措施和 zoning 优惠，以帮助私营杂货商控制成本，而该市正在推进的纳税人补贴门店将获得低价甚至免费的不动产、市政府出资的门店装修及其他补贴。
这可能让纳税人陷入双重埋单的境地：既要为市立门店买单，又要为用于补贴与其共存的私营杂货商的激励措施掏钱。
与此同时，据曼达尼政府透露，这些市立门店预计将以比同类零售商低30%的价格销售食品杂货。
纽约杂货商对曼达尼的超市计划敲响警钟：“我们将失去客户”
2026年7月27日，周一，纽约市长佐赫兰·曼达尼在纽约布鲁克林的“运动反饥饿”社区食品分发中心宣布市立杂货店计划时，身后摆放着食品杂货。（彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
曼哈顿研究所政策分析师亚当·勒霍迪表示，这种安排掩盖了折扣的真实成本。
“曼达尼宣称的政府门店30%的折扣是一种假象，”勒霍迪此前告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“纳税人将为数百万美元的补贴买单，这些门店将在政府所有的土地上运营，无需缴纳租金。纽约人仍将全额买单，只是间接支付而已，”他补充道。
勒霍迪还警告称，将食品杂货定价远低于市场价格可能会给消费者和企业带来意想不到的后果。
“定价大幅低于市场价格还会引发另一个问题：人们购买商品后到其他地方转售，”他说。“由于人为压低的价格，人们会购买超出自身需求的商品，因此也可能出现商品短缺。”
专家痛批曼达尼的杂货店计划是“假象”，最终将由纳税人买单
食品杂货价格持续给家庭预算带来压力，日常主食成本仍是民众负担焦虑的核心议题。（斯宾塞·普拉特/盖蒂图片社）
传统基金会首席经济学家E·J·安东尼也对该市的定价模式能否在财务上持续运行提出质疑，他指出杂货店本就处于微利经营状态。
“利润率仅为2%的门店再打7折，本质上就是让纳税人来填补差额损失，”安东尼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“这些人为压低的价格还会损害小企业，这些商户的销售额将被纳税人补贴的杂货店抢走。”
负责监督该计划实施的纽约市经济发展公司（EDC）驳斥了市立门店会损害周边杂货店的说法。该机构表示，政府预计这些门店将带来额外的客流量，最终惠及周边商户。
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该机构还纠正了一名官员周四的公开表态，此前该官员称市政府正考虑为现有杂货店提供拨款。EDC告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，市政府目前并未考虑为现有杂货店设立任何拨款项目。
EDC负责纽约市杂货店事务的主管韦弗利·尼尔在接受NY1采访时表示，该机构正在探索“配套政策和项目、拨款、激励措施”，以在市立门店之外支持当地独立企业。
“作为一个机构，我们正在研究一系列不同的配套政策和项目、拨款和激励措施，以配合这些杂货店的运营，支持社区内的其他本地独立企业，”尼尔说。
EDC随后向福克斯新闻数字频道澄清，该市的杂货店特别工作组“目前并未考虑为现有杂货店提供拨款项目”。
“不过，我们正在研究通过现有城市项目实施税收减免、激励措施和 zoning 优惠的可能性，以确保我们尽一切所能缓解全市小企业的成本压力。”
杂货店主管警告：曼达尼的市立门店将让政府与“自己的公民”对立
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当被问及正在考虑哪些具体的援助措施时，EDC提到了该市长期存在的FRESH计划，该计划为符合条件的杂货店提供税收减免和 zoning 优惠。
该机构还援引了曼达尼最近宣布的“小企业开放倡议”，这是一套包含50多项改革的一揽子计划，旨在减少小企业的罚款、费用和官僚主义繁文缛节。
与此同时，曼达尼已承诺投入7000万美元开设5家市立杂货店。第一家门店预计将于2027年底在布朗克斯的亨茨角开业，另外四家门店分别计划设在东哈莱姆、布鲁克林、皇后区和斯塔滕岛。
根据该提案，私营杂货运营商将负责门店的日常运营，包括人员配置、商品陈列和产品采购，而市政府将设定定价要求和运营标准，提供门店选址，并承担主要的运营成本。
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2026年7月27日，纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼在布鲁克林的“运动反饥饿”社区食品分发中心宣布市立杂货店计划。（亚当·格雷/彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
曼达尼将这种模式宣传为一种削减食品杂货开支的途径，通过消除租金和利润空间等成本。
随着第一家市立门店计划于2027年开业，这些节省能否持续，以及最终将让纳税人和现有杂货店付出多大代价，都将成为这场计划的核心考验。
曼达尼的办公室将福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求转交给了纽约市经济发展公司。
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NYC taxpayers could pay twice under Mamdani’s city-owned grocery store plan
2026-08-23T08:58:34-04:00 / Fox News
Grants for independent grocers may come on top of $70M already committed to five municipal stores
By Amanda Macias Fox News
Published August 23, 2026 8:58am EDT
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Experts warn NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open several city-backed grocery stores could hurt bodegas, drain taxpayer dollars and undercut private businesses.
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New York City officials are looking at ways to ease costs for independent grocers as taxpayers foot the bill for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-owned grocery store plan.
The administration is eyeing tax breaks, incentives and zoning benefits to help private grocers manage costs as the city moves ahead with taxpayer-subsidized stores that will receive low- or no-cost real estate, city-funded buildouts and other subsidies.
That could put taxpayers in a position of paying twice, once for the city-run stores and again for incentives that could be used to ease costs for private grocers operating alongside them.
Those city-run stores, meanwhile, are expected to sell groceries at prices 30% below comparable retailers, according to Mamdani’s administration.
NYC GROCERS SOUND ALARM ON MAMDANI’S SUPERMARKET PLAN: ‘WE’LL LOSE CUSTOMERS’
Groceries sit behind Zohran Mamdani, mayor of New York, during an announcement on municipal grocery stores at a Campaign for Hunger community food distribution center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Monday, July 27, 2026.(Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Adam Lehodey, a policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute, said the arrangement masks the true cost of the discounts.
“The 30% savings that Mamdani announced on his government-owned stores are an illusion,” Lehodey previously told Fox News Digital. “Taxpayers will foot the bill for millions of dollars in subsidies, and they will operate on government-owned land with rents waived. New Yorkers will still be paying the full price, just indirectly,” he added.
Lehodey also warned that pricing groceries well below market rates could create unintended consequences for consumers and business alike.
“Pricing goods significantly below market price creates an additional problem of people purchasing them to resell elsewhere,” he said. “Shortages are also likely as people buy more than they otherwise would due to artificially low prices.”
EXPERTS SCORCH MAMDANI’S GROCERY PLAN AS AN ‘ILLUSION’ THAT WILL HAVE TAXPAYERS FOOTING THE BILL
Grocery prices have continued to strain household budgets, keeping the cost of everyday staples at the center of affordability concerns.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, also questioned whether the city’s pricing model is financially sustainable, arguing that grocery stores already operate on razor-thin profit margins.
“A 30% discount at stores with a 2% profit margin is simply a loss for taxpayers who will have to make up the difference,” Antoni told Fox News Digital. “These artificially low prices will also harm small businesses which will lose sales to taxpayer-subsidized grocery stores.”
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC), tasked with overseeing the rollout of the program, disputed the suggestion that the municipal stores would hurt neighborhood grocers. The agency said the administration expects the stores to generate additional foot traffic and ultimately benefit nearby businesses.
MAMDANI’S AFFORDABILITY REVOLUTION STUMBLED AS RENT COSTS SOAR TO RECORD HIGHS
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The agency also walked back an official’s public suggestion Thursday that the city was considering grants for existing grocers. EDC told Fox News Digital that the administration is not currently considering any grant programs for existing grocers.
Waverly Neer, the lead official for NYC Groceries at EDC, told NY1 that the agency was exploring “complementary policies and programs, grants, incentives” to support local independent businesses alongside the city-run stores.
“We’re, as an agency, looking at a number of different complementary policies and programs, grants, incentives that can come alongside these grocery stores to support other local independent businesses that in the neighborhoods,” Neer said.
EDC subsequently told Fox News Digital that the city’s Grocery Task Force is “not currently considering any grant programs for existing grocers.”
“However, we are looking at the potential for tax abatement, incentives, and zoning benefits through existing City programs to ensure that the City is doing everything in our power to alleviate cost pressures for small businesses across the city.”
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Asked what specific assistance was under consideration, EDC pointed to the city’s longstanding FRESH program, which offers tax incentives and zoning benefits to qualifying grocery stores.
The agency also cited Mamdani’s recently announced OPEN for Small Business initiative, a package of more than 50 reforms aimed at reducing fines, fees and bureaucracy for small businesses.
Meanwhile, Mamdani has committed $70 million to open five municipal grocery stores. The first is expected to open in Hunts Point in the Bronx by the end of 2027, with additional locations planned for East Harlem, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
Under the proposal, private grocery operators will manage the stores’ day-to-day operations, including staffing, merchandising and product sourcing, while the city sets pricing requirements and operating standards, provides the locations and absorbs major occupancy costs.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during an announcement on municipal grocery stores at a Campaign for Hunger community food distribution center in the Brooklyn on July 27, 2026.(Adam Gray / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Mamdani has pitched that model as a way to slash grocery bills by eliminating costs such as rent and profit margins.
Whether those savings can be sustained and at what ultimate cost to taxpayers and the city’s existing grocers is likely to remain a central test as the first municipal store moves toward its planned 2027 opening.
Mamdani’s office referred Fox News Digital’s request for comment to the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
Amanda Macias covers the intersection of business, economics and politics, with a focus on how policy decisions shape markets, businesses and American workers.
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