National Supermarket Association National President Anthony Pena discusses suing New York City over its city-run grocery store plan on 'Varney & Co.' 00:00 Lawsuit against Mayor Zohran Mamdani 00:30 Grounds for "unfair competition" 01:00 Proposals to improve the grocery program 01:45 The threat to small businesses and bodegas
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler is warning that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's $70 million plan to open government-run grocery stores will crush the very immigrant-owned bodegas and shops the city claims to support. Loeffler took the fight public Tuesday on Newsmax's "National Report," calling Mamdani's agenda a textbook case of socialist economics […] The post SBA chief Loeffler rips Mamdani's city-owned grocery plan as a threat to New York's small businesses appeared first on American Almanac .
Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler is warning that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's $70 million plan to open government-run grocery stores will crush the very immigrant-owned bodegas and shops the city claims to support. Loeffler took the fight public Tuesday on Newsmax's "National Report," calling Mamdani's agenda a textbook case of socialist economics punishing the people it pretends to help. The SBA chief had just returned from a visit to Queens, where she stood shoulder-to-shoulder with bodega owners who say the mayor's plan amounts to a taxpayer-funded competitor they cannot beat. At issue is a city initiative to build five municipal grocery stores, one in each borough, using $70 million in public funds.…Open
ABC News' Danny New talks to New York City bodega owner Wail Alselwi, who has been rewarding students' good grades with cash prizes and free rein to pick anything from his store.
With city-owned grocery stores coming to the Big Apple, "Rob Schmitt Tonight" producer Brent speaks to local store owners who say they won't be able to compete with NYC's Mayor.
The police charged a 45-year-old man with three counts of homicide and one count of arson in a bodega fire that spread upstairs and killed a beloved resident.
Fernando Mateo, co-founder of United Bodegas of America, joins NewsNation to discuss the killing of a bodega worker in New York City and his concerns with how Zohran Mamdani is handling crime in the city. "Katie Pavlich Tonight" offers a conservative take on the day’s events while welcoming all viewpoints. The goal: cutting through left-right bias in pursuit of plain facts and honest analysis.
A lax sentence given to Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a transgender illegal migrant from Colombia, is sparking outrage among New Yorkers. Contreras-Suarez was arrested last year for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in a bodega bathroom in New York City; however, he was just given a six-month term in prison after reaching a plea agreement with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. The post Transgender Illegal Immigrant Receives Just Six Months in Prison for Sexually Assaulting Schoolboy. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A transgender illegal migrant who admitted to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in New York received just a six-month prison sentence, sparking outrage over its leniency. WHO WAS INVOLVED: Nicol Alexandra Contreras-Suarez, a 31-year-old transgender Colombian illegal immigrant , the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, and the victim’s family. WHEN & WHERE: The assault occurred in February 2025 in East Harlem, New York, with the plea deal approved in March 2026. KEY QUOTE: “I didn’t know you could get six months on this… It’s generally a minimum of two [years] and a maximum of seven, so I think something must be wrong here.” – Seth Zuckerman, former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney…Open