2026年7月28日 美国东部时间下午6:00 / 福克斯新闻网
批评人士称，这项耗资7000万美元的计划将通过补贴和免缴政府土地租金的方式，把成本从购物者转嫁到纳税人身上
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专家警告称，纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼开设多家市属杂货店的计划可能会损害夫妻杂货店的利益、消耗纳税人资金，并削弱私营企业。
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纽约市市长佐赫兰·曼达尼向纽约民众承诺，在市属商店购买核心杂货组合可享受30%的折扣，这项承诺如今遭到质疑，人们质疑其数据是否合理。
该声明提出了一个直白的经济问题：如何做到？
纽约市自身的数据凸显了这项计划的挑战。如果自2019年以来全国食品价格已上涨33%，市属商店如何能以比私营竞争对手低30%的价格出售购物车中的商品？经济学家表示，这项提案必须回答这个问题。
曼达尼的公立杂货店可能对该市食品供应造成毁灭性影响
曼达尼政府声称，该计划将为普通纽约市民每年节省约1000美元，同时保持杂货价格可预测且稳定。
这项提案的背景是一个简单的现实：食品价格仍远高于新冠疫情前的水平。
美国劳工统计局的数据显示，新冠疫情后国内食品价格大幅上涨，大多数主要食品类别价格仍显著高于2019年水平。
市政厅表示，通过取消私营杂货店面临的主要间接成本——包括租金和财产税——同时与私营运营商签订合同来运营商店，就能实现成本节约。根据该提案，包括所有新鲜农产品、肉类和海鲜，以及约20类主食、乳制品和冷藏食品在内的日常核心杂货组合，其价格将每月固定，而非每周波动。
“推进美国自由”组织旗下普利茅斯自由企业研究所副总裁理查德·斯特恩认为，该计划最终将依赖纳税人资金来弥补折扣价格与商店运营成本之间的差额。
“他们只会用纽约市的预算资金来保障折扣力度，”斯特恩告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
经济学家警告：曼达尼的租金冻结、加税是“双重财富毁灭重拳”
纽约市长佐赫兰·曼达尼承诺在市属商店推出核心杂货组合30%的折扣，这引发了经济学家对储蓄资金来源的质疑。（亚当·格雷/彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
曼哈顿研究所政策分析师亚当·勒霍迪进一步阐述了这一观点，称该市的所有权模式掩盖了折扣的真实成本。
“曼达尼宣布的市属商店30%的折扣是一种幻象，”勒霍迪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，他们将在政府拥有的土地上运营，无需缴纳租金。纽约市民仍将全额买单，只是间接支付而已，”他补充道。
勒霍迪还警告称，将食品定价远低于市场价格可能会带来意想不到的后果。
“将商品定价远低于市场价格还会引发另一个问题：人们会购买这些商品转售到其他地方，”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。”
“浪费精力”：专家抨击曼达尼由纳税人资助的杂货店计划
传统基金会首席经济学家E·J·安托尼也对该市的定价模式是否具有财务可持续性提出质疑，他认为杂货店的利润率本就极低。
“利润率仅为2%的商店若提供30%的折扣，对纳税人而言无疑是亏损，他们必须弥补差额，”安托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，这些企业的销售额将被纳税人补贴的杂货店抢走。”
安托尼表示，该计划实际上将杂货成本从收银台转嫁到纳税人身上，同时给必须自行承担运营成本的私营超市带来竞争劣势。
该市计划开设五家市属杂货店——每个行政区各一家——首家门店预计将于2027年底在布朗克斯区开业。（查利·特里博洛/法新社/盖蒂图片社）
不过，曼达尼政府表示，该计划将为购物者带来可观的储蓄。
曼达尼的办公室本周宣布，根据该计划，顾客平均每月可节省90美元，即每年约1000美元。为实现这些储蓄，该市已划拨7000万美元的基建资金，用于开设五家市属杂货店——每个标志性的纽约行政区各一家。首家门店预计将于2027年底在布朗克斯区的亨茨波恩特开业，其余门店计划在市长第一任期结束前，分别在东哈莱姆、布鲁克林、皇后区和斯塔滕岛开设。
根据该提案，私营杂货运营商将负责商店的日常运营，包括人员配置、商品陈列和产品采购，而市政府将制定定价要求和运营标准，提供门店场地，并承担主要的占用成本。
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福克斯新闻数字频道曾询问曼达尼的办公室，政府如何计算出预计的30%折扣、是否有独立经济学家审核过其财务假设，以及如果需要持续的纳税人支持，将需要多少资金来维持商店运营。该办公室并未立即回应。
阿曼达·马西亚斯负责报道商业、经济与政治的交集，重点关注政策决策如何影响市场、企业和美国工人。
Experts scorch Mamdani’s grocery plan as an ‘illusion’ that will have taxpayers footing the bill
July 28, 2026 6:00pm EDT / Fox News
Critics say the $70M plan shifts costs from shoppers to taxpayers through subsidies and waived rent on government-owned land
By Amanda Macias, Fox News
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 Mayor Zohran Mamdani is promising New Yorkers a 30% discount on a core basket of groceries at city-backed stores, a pledge that now faces scrutiny over whether the numbers add up.
The announcement raises a straightforward economic question: How?
The city’s own numbers illustrate the challenge. If grocery prices have climbed 33% nationwide since 2019, how can city-backed stores offer a cart of groceries at prices 30% below private competitors? That’s the question economists say the proposal must answer.
MAMDANI’S PUBLIC GROCERY STORES MAY HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECTS ON CITY’S FOOD SUPPLY
Mamdani’s administration claims its plan will save the average New Yorker about $1,000 a year while keeping grocery costs predictable and stable.
The proposal is rooted in a simple reality: grocery prices remain significantly higher than they were before the pandemic.
Bureau of Labor Statistics data show food-at-home prices climbed sharply following the COVID-19 pandemic, with most major grocery categories remaining significantly more expensive than they were in 2019.
City Hall says it can achieve savings by eliminating major overhead costs that private grocers face, including rent and property taxes, while contracting with private operators to run the stores. Under the proposal, a core basket of everyday groceries — including all fresh produce, meat and seafood, along with roughly 20 categories of pantry staples, dairy and refrigerated goods — would have prices locked monthly rather than fluctuating week to week.
Richard Stern, vice president of the Plymouth Institute for Free Enterprise at Advancing American Freedom, argued the proposal ultimately relies on taxpayer dollars to make up the difference between the discounted prices and the cost of operating the stores.
“They’re just going to use New York City budget money to insure the discount,” Stern told Fox News Digital.
MAMDANI’S RENT FREEZE, TAX HIKES A ‘ONE-TWO WEALTH DESTRUCTION PUNCH,’ ECONOMISTS WARN
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has promised a 30% discount on a core basket of groceries at city-backed stores, raising questions from economists about how the savings would be financed.(Adam Gray/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Adam Lehodey, a policy analyst at the Manhattan Institute, took that argument a step further, saying the city’s ownership model masks the true cost of the discounts.
“The 30% savings that Mamdani announced on his government-owned stores are an illusion,” Lehodey 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.
“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.”
‘WASTEFUL DISTRACTION’: EXPERTS SLAM MAMDANI’S TAXPAYER-FUNDED GROCERY STORES
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.”
Antoni said the proposal effectively shifts grocery costs from the checkout line to taxpayers while creating a competitive disadvantage for private supermarkets that must cover their own operating costs.
The city plans to open five municipal grocery stores—one in each borough—with the first expected to open in the Bronx by the end of 2027.(Charly Triballeau/AFP/Getty Images)
The administration, however, says the proposal will deliver substantial savings for shoppers.
Mamdani’s office announced this week that visitors would save an average of $90 per month, or about $1,000 annually, under the plan. To deliver those savings, the city has allocated $70 million in capital funding to open five municipal grocery stores — one in each of the iconic NYC boroughs. 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 before the end of the mayor’s first term.
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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Fox News Digital asked Mamdani’s office how the administration calculated the projected 30% discount, whether any independent economists reviewed its financial assumptions and how much ongoing taxpayer support, if any, would be required to sustain the stores. The office did not immediately respond.
Amanda Macias covers the intersection of business, economics and politics, with a focus on how policy decisions shape markets, businesses and American workers.