Economist torches Mamdani's city-run grocery plan as doomed experiment that will cost taxpayers

As New Yorkers head to the polls, one economist is raising the alarm about Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani's plan for city-run groceries, calling it a feel-good fix that flouts basic economics."It sounds very good on paper – ‘free’ always does," Dr. Anne Rathbone Bradley, an economics professor and vice president of academic affairs at The Fund for American Studies, said in an interview with Fox News Digital.Mamdani, a self-described Democratic socialist who is the frontrunner in Tuesday's mayoral race, argues these stores are needed to address food deserts and give working-class New