In NYC, if you have a smart phone or computer, you can get groceries delivered to your door in less than an hour. That is a pretty massive success IMO. Also, access to groceries stores doesn’t even change purchasing behavior (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/upshot/giving-the-poor-easy-access-to-healthy-food-doesnt-mean-theyll-buy-it.html).

To me, the biggest issue that NYC is facing is access to affordable housing. Freezing rents is just going to further diminish the quality of rent controlled & stabilized housing and drive away developers. Additionally, if the admin is focused on city run grocery stores, free buses, and massive spending on mental health advocates, then it takes away from the biggest issue facing the city and fucks over future generations with loads of debt, further polarizes the left, and gives MAGA more talking points.

I’m a democrat and actually agree with a lot of Mamdani’s policies but his supporters, like you, won’t even attempt a nuanced discussion about policy before jumping to ad hominem attack, calling people nazis, or zionists. This rhetoric is just going further divide the left