AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - NYC Mayor Mamdani backs away from grocery store ID plan after voter-ID hypocrisy goes viral
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is retreating from a proposed identification system for New York City's new taxpayer-subsidized grocery stores, after critics pointed out the mayor opposes ID requirements for voting. The reversal came days after Jeanny Pak, head of the city's Economic Development Corporation, told reporters at a July 27 news conference that the administration […] The post NYC Mayor Mamdani backs away from grocery store ID plan after voter-ID hypocrisy goes viral appeared first on American Almanac .
Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is retreating from a proposed identification system for New York City's new taxpayer-subsidized grocery stores, after critics pointed out the mayor opposes ID requirements for voting. The reversal came days after Jeanny Pak, head of the city's Economic Development Corporation, told reporters at a July 27 news conference that the administration was exploring a "library card-esque" system to "target New Yorkers" and "manage who's buying" at five planned city-run stores. Mamdani himself had called Pak to the podium to explain how the city would keep people from taking advantage of the program, Newsmax reported . The backlash was swift. President Trump, Sen. Rick Scott, Elon Musk, and others seized on…Open