And who are the friends he will hire to "scout" out these locations?

Mamdani wants to blow $70M on ‘feasibility study’ for city-run grocery stores — as he claims NYC is broke: sources

Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to spend $70 million on a “feasibility study” for his government-owned grocery store pet project — even as he cries poverty and threatens to raise taxes to fill the city’s coffers, The Post has learned.

Hizzoner is proposing the new funding for the city Economic Development Corporation simply to scout potential locations for the five stores he’s pledged to open in each borough, according to sources who reviewed preliminary budget documents.

One city source with knowledge of the plans described it as a “feasibility study.”

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The former Queens state Assemblyman vowed on the campaign trail that he could easily roll out the five government-owned-and-operated food stores for merely $60 million.

$70 million to look for locations — hey, it’s a hard, demanding job — but minus $10 million to actually buy, stock and operate them — socialist math.