New York City minority business owners sue Mamdani in bid to stop city-run grocery store plan

A New York City nonprofit representing hundreds of small supermarkets, bodegas and grocery store owners is suing Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the city in an effort to stop his plan to open five government-owned grocery stores. The Multicultural Business Coalition, a group representing small business owners, filed a class-action lawsuit in New York County Supreme Court Monday, alleging Mamdani’s plan violates the civil rights of smaller, minority-owned grocery stores as they cannot afford to match the discounts offered by the city-run stores. “You cannot expect hard-working small business owners to compete with a supermarket that isn’t going to pay rent,...