Mamdani’s socialist, city-run grocery plan faces backlash from Hochul: 'I favor free enterprise'

Gov. Kathy Hochul rejected socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s plan for taxpayer-funded supermarkets, telling a Hamptons crowd, "I favor free enterprise," according to the New York Post.

Hochul delivered the line Saturday at a business breakfast hosted by billionaire supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis, drawing applause from attendees. 

Catsimatidis, whose Gristedes and D’Agostino chains could be threatened by the proposal, later praised Hochul’s comments, telling the Post, "These types of grocery stores just don’t work."

The pushback adds to mounting Democratic resistance to Mamdani’s agenda, which critics wa...