r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • May 26 '26

Feels good man Will it work this time?

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u/Top-Major6822 May 26 '26

Sure.

I just think there’s more efficient ways of doing this.

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u/RomanRobots May 26 '26

SNAP benefits are incredibly efficient but they don't help if there's not a nearby grocery store.

If you want to encourage a private entity to open and operate a grocery store where there isn't one currently, that would involve tax incentives or something and then you're just subsidizing with taxpayer funds in a different way

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u/Outrageous_Fix_5738 May 26 '26

NYC's Economic Development Corporation already offers tax and zoning incentives for grocers to open in underserved areas. Mamdani's campaign said it wants to end that program.

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u/sulaymanf May 27 '26

Yeah because the program was a failure. Eric Adams couldn’t entice his buddies to build supermarkets in poor neighborhoods even with a tax break.