New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani held up a bunch of plantains at a press conference on Monday and promised that New York City shoppers would pay 30 percent less than "typical retail prices" when the city opens five government-run grocery stores at a cost to taxpayers of $70 million.
"How are you going to keep people from taking advantage of that deal?" one reporter asked the mayor. "Is there going to be a limit on the number of items that someone can take?"
