Inside New Yorkers’ hopes and fears over Mamdani’s city-run grocery stores0

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• August 23, 2026

Phillip Grant is feeling optimistic. He thinks he’s the best man to operate Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s city-run supermarkets. Along with being a former city economic development executive and construction entrepreneur, he’s a New Yorker who’s shocked that an orange costs $2 at his local gas station. We’re walking the perimeter of a vacant city-owned lot