The South Bronx will be getting the city\u2019s first municipally run grocery store, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Monday.<\/p>\n
The 20,000-square-foot store, set to rise at The Peninsula in Hunts Point, is expected to open next year, the mayor said at a news conference.<\/p>\n
The development sits on the site of the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center. It will also include 740 units of affordable housing, he added.<\/p>\n
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The city’s first municipally run grocery store will be situated in the South Bronx, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said
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The 20,000-square-foot store, set to rise at The Peninsula in Hunts Point, is expected to open next year
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The development at the site of the former Spoford Juvenile Detention Center will also include 740 units of affordable housing
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Mamdani\u2019s administration has said it aims to open one city-run grocery store in each borough before the end of his tenure<\/p>\n
\u201cIn these stores, prices will be cheaper. Workers will be paid fairly and treated with dignity,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cGoing to the grocery store will no longer cause that same anxiety for so many New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mayor noted that the nearby Hunts Point Cooperative Market, one of the world\u2019s largest food distribution centers, stands in contrast to the limited options available to many Bronx residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeventy-seven percent of households in surrounding neighborhoods cannot afford basic needs,\u201d he said. \u201cMore than 50% of households have relied on public assistance in the last 12 months alone, and when nearby families go shopping for groceries, there are not enough affordable options nearby.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith only one full-service supermarket within a quarter mile, thousands of New Yorkers have only limited options,\u201d he added. \u201cWe are here together today to change that, and to chart a new course.\u201d<\/p>\n
City-run grocery stores were among Mamdani\u2019s key promises on the campaign trail<\/a>. His administration has said it aims to open one in each borough before the end of his tenure<\/a>.<\/p>\n