Zohran Mamdani ‘Free’ City-Owned Grocery Store Will Cost $30 Million and Won’t Open Until 2029

Zohran Mamdani ‘Free’ City-Owned Grocery Store Will Cost $30 Million and Won’t Open Until 2029

Zohran Mamdani ‘Free’ City-Owned Grocery Store Will Cost $30 Million and Won’t Open Until 2029
April 15, 2026

Newly elected New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers his victory speech, pledging a sweeping socialist agenda. (Screenshot: PBS News)

People in New York City who are looking forward to the city-owned grocery stores promised by the new democratic socialist (communist) Mayor Zohran Mamdani are going to be waiting for quite a while.

Not only is the first new store going to cost upwards of $30 million in tax dollars, it’s not going to be ready until 2029. Just think of how many people are going to get in on that grift over the course of the next three years. There is apparently another store that will open in 2027 which won’t require construction because it’ll be housed in an existing building.

How long do you think it would take to build this store if a private company was doing it with investors? It certainly wouldn’t take three years.

FOX News reports:

Socialist Mamdani touts government-run grocery plan as ‘grand experiment’’ at new grocery store site

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani spoke at one of his proposed government-run grocery stores on Tuesday, touting what he described as a “grand experiment” that would reduce the cost of everyday items like bread and eggs.

The socialist mayor, who has promised to open one such store in each borough, said the city will subsidize basic grocery items while a private operator runs the stores under city rules requiring lower prices.

“New York City it is time for a grand experiment once again, just as LaGuardia used government to respond to the challenges of the Great Depression, we will use government to respond to rising prices and unaffordable groceries,” Mamdani said at La Marqueta in East Harlem on Tuesday.

The 9,000-square-foot store in East Harlem will be constructed from the ground up on a nearby vacant, city-owned lot and is expected to open by 2029, while the first city-owned grocery store is expected to open in late 2027. Mamdani has allocated $70 million in capital funds for the development of the five sites.

The Harlem grocery store will cost $30 million to build, according to the New York Times.

Something else is happening here. Notice that now he is saying that the food will be ‘cheaper’ not free. Didn’t he promise free food at these stores when he was running for mayor?

The next few years might be a painful lesson in economics for the people of New York City.

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Far Left Hampshire College in Massachusetts Closing Permanently Amid Collapsing Enrollment and Financial Struggles (VIDEO)

Far Left Hampshire College in Massachusetts Closing Permanently Amid Collapsing Enrollment and Financial Struggles (VIDEO)
April 15, 2026

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Hampshire College is closing its doors for good at the end of this year. This has been a long time coming and for good reasons.

Hampshire is so far left that it makes other colleges look downright conservative in comparison. In 2016, when Trump was first elected president, the students forced the school to fly the American flag at half-mast sparking outrage even in liberal Massachusetts.

That was the beginning of the end for Hampshire. By 2018, they were having financial problems and enrollment started going down. By this year, their issues became unsustainable. Now it’s all over.

WWLP News reports:

Hampshire College to close permanently after fall 2026 semester

Hampshire College’s board of trustees voted to permanently close the institution following the Fall 2026 semester. The decision comes after years of financial struggle and unsuccessful efforts to secure the college’s future.

The college has navigated financial challenges since 2019, experiencing declining enrollment, rising costs and an unstable funding environment that affects small, liberal arts colleges. Despite pursuing a financial sustainability plan and raising more than $55 million through its Change in the Making campaign, efforts in enrollment growth, debt refinancing and land development did not yield a viable path forward.

Hampshire College will provide academic, student life and transitional services to currently enrolled students through the end of the fall semester. The college will not admit a new class for Fall 2026 and all deposits from admitted students will be refunded.

This is a partial statement from the school president:

Despite this herculean effort, the financial pressures on the College’s operations have become increasingly complex, compounded by shifting external factors. As President Chrisler has shared regularly with our community and our regulatory agencies, we worked aggressively to increase enrollment, refinance existing debt, and realize new revenue via the sale of a portion of our land. We have long known that addressing these issues is essential to establishing a stable financial foundation, supporting long-term operations, and meeting regulatory requirements. We are faced with the clear, heartbreaking reality that progress on each of these three key factors has fallen far short of what we had hoped.

As a result, the Board of Trustees voted to permanently close Hampshire College.

See a video report below:

Our entire system of higher education needs an overhaul. In the mean time, more schools like Hampshire will close.

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FAFO: American YouTuber Sent to Prison in South Korea for Disrespecting Public Statue (VIDEO)

FAFO: American YouTuber Sent to Prison in South Korea for Disrespecting Public Statue (VIDEO)

FAFO: American YouTuber Sent to Prison in South Korea for Disrespecting Public Statue (VIDEO)
April 15, 2026

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An American YouTuber who goes by the name ‘Johnny Somali’ has been sentenced to prison time in South Korea for disrespecting a public statue and basically gyrating and twerking on it.

This was not only disrespectful but incredibly stupid.

Johnny is going to learn a whole new level of respect for American freedom from this episode. It’s amazing how time spent in a foreign prison can make someone appreciate how great things are in the USA.

The Associated Press reports:

American YouTuber sentenced to 6 months in South Korean prison for offensive stunts

An American YouTuber who sparked national outrage in South Korea for provocative stunts, including dancing on a statue honoring victims of wartime sexual slavery, was sentenced to six months in prison Wednesday.

The Seoul Western District Court found Ramsey Khalid Ismael, a self-proclaimed internet “troll” known online as Johnny Somali, guilty of multiple charges, including obstruction of business and distributing fabricated sexually explicit content.

Prosecutors had sought a three-year term for Ismael, who also faced accusations of harassing staff and visitors at an amusement park, disrupting a convenience store by blasting music and upending noodles onto a table, causing similar scenes on a bus and subway, and distributing non-consensual deepfake videos.

The court said the 25-year-old displayed “severe” disrespect for South Korean law, noting that he offended countless people with livestreamed stunts aimed at generating YouTube revenue. The court ordered his immediate detention following the verdict, citing him as a flight risk.

Here’s a video report:

What an absolute dope.

Perhaps he will be more respectful in his future travels.

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ICE Offers a $10 Million Reward for the Capture of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, the Fugitive Leader of Los Chapitos

ICE Offers a $10 Million Reward for the Capture of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, the Fugitive Leader of Los Chapitos

ICE Offers a $10 Million Reward for the Capture of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, the Fugitive Leader of Los Chapitos
April 15, 2026

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Federal Reserve Stonewalls DOJ Prosecutors Investigating Headquarters Construction: Report

Federal Reserve Stonewalls DOJ Prosecutors Investigating Headquarters Construction: Report
April 15, 2026

Federal Reserve Chairman delivering a speech at a press conference, with American flags and the Federal Reserve emblem in the background.

Federal prosecutors made a surprise visit Tuesday to the construction site of the Federal Reserve’s headquarters renovation project.

Workers at the site refused to admit them, saying they did not have clearance in advance of the visit, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The $2.5 billion project has been under review by the administration, and the prosecutors came from the office of U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

“Any construction project that has cost overruns of almost 80 percent over the original construction budget deserves some serious review,” Pirro said in a statement.

“And these people are in charge of monetary policy in the United States?” she asked.

Robert Hur, an attorney representing the Fed, said prosecutors Carlton Davis and Steven Vandervelden appeared “without prior notice” and sought a tour to check the work’s progress.

President Donald Trump has praised Pirro “for having the courage” to investigate the Fed.

As noted by ABC News, Trump has continually pushed for lower interest rates and also sparred with Fed Chair Jerome Powell about the cost of the $2.5 billion building project.

On Wednesday, Trump said he would fire Powell due to the economist’s “incompetence” if Powell does not leave when his term ends in May.

Trump has nominated former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh to replace Powell, according to Fox Business.

“I’ve held back firing him. I’ve wanted to fire him, but I hate to be controversial, you know?” he said in a Fox Business interview.

Trump said the renovation project involved a “building that I would have done for $25 million that’s going to cost maybe $4 billion.”

“Don’t you think we have to find out what happened there?” he asked.

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina has threatened to oppose Warsh’s confirmation.

When asked about Warsh’s chances, he said, “We’re going to have to find out [if he will be confirmed]. He might not, but that’s why Thom Tillis is no longer a senator.”

Tillis is not seeking re-election.

“He’s on his way out… and I think he doesn’t want the legacy of stopping a great person who could be great… I know he said what he said, and maybe it’s true, in which case I’ll have to live with it,” Trump said.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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Author: Jack Davis, The Western Journal