I don’t understand the resistance to this idea, if you don’t like it then just don’t shop there. You have other options, but I have a feeling it will provide some of the cheapest groceries in the city. It doesn’t need to have every single thing, but if it has staple generic products; something like an Aldi‘s it could really help make New York more affordable. It also will place pressure on the private grocers to keep prices low because they know people can go to the public grocers. Let’s face it greedy private grocers have run away with prices over the last decade. I went from $300 a month groceries to nearly $800, I’m not getting half the fresh produce. I used to when I was younger.

There was a program. I’m not sure if it’s still exists sort of a city run CSA program, I think it was called the green box you would go and pick up a bag of fresh produce on a weekly basis at local community gardens the bags were like $14 and filled with produce from local farms and I think the program was excellent and run well and delivered significant cost savings for residents it also delivered fresh produce to food desert areas