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Mayor Zohran Mamdani says first of NYC's five government-run grocery stores will open in the Bronx next year

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday announced another location for one of the city’s five planned government-run grocery stores.The store will be located in the Bronx at what Mamdani called The Peninsula, a planned mixed-use campus that will also offer affordable housing and a health and wellness center in the Hunts Point neighborhood. It is scheduled to open some time in 2027."This store will be the first of the five city-run grocery stores to open," Mamdani told reporters during a press conference. "Bronx residents will be able to begin shopping here next year.""It is going to be a...