Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor since January 2026, advanced plans for five city-owned grocery stores—one per borough—through a July 2027 vision document allocating $70 million in capital funding and an RFP for private operators due in October 2026. Official timelines target the first location at Hunts Point in the Bronx for late 2027, with the remainder by the end of his term. Site selection, buildout, and operator selection processes have not accelerated beyond that schedule, leaving no operational store expected before 2027 despite earlier campaign pledges and public announcements identifying initial sites such as La Marqueta. Trader consensus on a “No” outcome by December 31, 2026, aligns with these confirmed procedural and construction timelines.
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Zohran Mamdani has proposed creating city owned grocery stores to combat rising prices (see: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/nyregion/grocery-stores-city-owned.html).
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the City of New York during the Mamdani administration implements a policy under which at least one grocery store that is city-owned and operated is actively open to the public by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.
The policy will be considered to have been implemented if at least one such store is open for regular grocery retail sales to the public by the resolution date. The enactment or announcement of a policy without an operational, open store will not alone qualify. Policies that are blocked, cancelled, or not yet in effect by the resolution date will similarly not qualify.
Limited pilots, studies, planning initiatives, or temporary pop-up markets which don’t regularly operate as regular grocery stores do not qualify.
Partnerships which include partial city ownership will qualify as long as the store is substantively under City of New York control. Partnerships with non-profit or other operators which don’t include direct city ownership of the store will not qualify.
Only stores that are initiated, approved, or opened during Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty and that are described in credible reporting or official City communications as part of the “city-owned grocery store” initiative associated with his campaign platform will qualify. Grocery stores created by previous or subsequent administrations, or any other government-run or subsidized retail programs that are not reasonably attributable to the Mamdani administration’s city-owned grocery store policy, will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor since January 2026, advanced plans for five city-owned grocery stores—one per borough—through a July 2027 vision document allocating $70 million in capital funding and an RFP for private operators due in October 2026. Official timelines target the first location at Hunts Point in the Bronx for late 2027, with the remainder by the end of his term. Site selection, buildout, and operator selection processes have not accelerated beyond that schedule, leaving no operational store expected before 2027 despite earlier campaign pledges and public announcements identifying initial sites such as La Marqueta. Trader consensus on a “No” outcome by December 31, 2026, aligns with these confirmed procedural and construction timelines.
Zohran Mamdani has proposed creating city owned grocery stores to combat rising prices (see: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/nyregion/grocery-stores-city-owned.html).
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the City of New York during the Mamdani administration implements a policy under which at least one grocery store that is city-owned and operated is actively open to the public by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.
The policy will be considered to have been implemented if at least one such store is open for regular grocery retail sales to the public by the resolution date. The enactment or announcement of a policy without an operational, open store will not alone qualify. Policies that are blocked, cancelled, or not yet in effect by the resolution date will similarly not qualify.
Limited pilots, studies, planning initiatives, or temporary pop-up markets which don’t regularly operate as regular grocery stores do not qualify.
Partnerships which include partial city ownership will qualify as long as the store is substantively under City of New York control. Partnerships with non-profit or other operators which don’t include direct city ownership of the store will not qualify.
Only stores that are initiated, approved, or opened during Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty and that are described in credible reporting or official City communications as part of the “city-owned grocery store” initiative associated with his campaign platform will qualify. Grocery stores created by previous or subsequent administrations, or any other government-run or subsidized retail programs that are not reasonably attributable to the Mamdani administration’s city-owned grocery store policy, will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the City of New York during the Mamdani administration implements a policy under which at least one grocery store that is city-owned and operated is actively open to the public by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.
The policy will be considered to have been implemented if at least one such store is open for regular grocery retail sales to the public by the resolution date. The enactment or announcement of a policy without an operational, open store will not alone qualify. Policies that are blocked, cancelled, or not yet in effect by the resolution date will similarly not qualify.
Limited pilots, studies, planning initiatives, or temporary pop-up markets which don’t regularly operate as regular grocery stores do not qualify.
Partnerships which include partial city ownership will qualify as long as the store is substantively under City of New York control. Partnerships with non-profit or other operators which don’t include direct city ownership of the store will not qualify.
Only stores that are initiated, approved, or opened during Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty and that are described in credible reporting or official City communications as part of the “city-owned grocery store” initiative associated with his campaign platform will qualify. Grocery stores created by previous or subsequent administrations, or any other government-run or subsidized retail programs that are not reasonably attributable to the Mamdani administration’s city-owned grocery store policy, will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.
Market Opened: Jun 29, 2026, 3:13 PM ET
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Dec 31, 2026Market Opened
Jun 29, 2026, 3:13 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...Zohran Mamdani has proposed creating city owned grocery stores to combat rising prices (see: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/nyregion/grocery-stores-city-owned.html).
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the City of New York during the Mamdani administration implements a policy under which at least one grocery store that is city-owned and operated is actively open to the public by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.
The policy will be considered to have been implemented if at least one such store is open for regular grocery retail sales to the public by the resolution date. The enactment or announcement of a policy without an operational, open store will not alone qualify. Policies that are blocked, cancelled, or not yet in effect by the resolution date will similarly not qualify.
Limited pilots, studies, planning initiatives, or temporary pop-up markets which don’t regularly operate as regular grocery stores do not qualify.
Partnerships which include partial city ownership will qualify as long as the store is substantively under City of New York control. Partnerships with non-profit or other operators which don’t include direct city ownership of the store will not qualify.
Only stores that are initiated, approved, or opened during Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty and that are described in credible reporting or official City communications as part of the “city-owned grocery store” initiative associated with his campaign platform will qualify. Grocery stores created by previous or subsequent administrations, or any other government-run or subsidized retail programs that are not reasonably attributable to the Mamdani administration’s city-owned grocery store policy, will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor since January 2026, advanced plans for five city-owned grocery stores—one per borough—through a July 2027 vision document allocating $70 million in capital funding and an RFP for private operators due in October 2026. Official timelines target the first location at Hunts Point in the Bronx for late 2027, with the remainder by the end of his term. Site selection, buildout, and operator selection processes have not accelerated beyond that schedule, leaving no operational store expected before 2027 despite earlier campaign pledges and public announcements identifying initial sites such as La Marqueta. Trader consensus on a “No” outcome by December 31, 2026, aligns with these confirmed procedural and construction timelines.
Zohran Mamdani has proposed creating city owned grocery stores to combat rising prices (see: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/nyregion/grocery-stores-city-owned.html).
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the City of New York during the Mamdani administration implements a policy under which at least one grocery store that is city-owned and operated is actively open to the public by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.
The policy will be considered to have been implemented if at least one such store is open for regular grocery retail sales to the public by the resolution date. The enactment or announcement of a policy without an operational, open store will not alone qualify. Policies that are blocked, cancelled, or not yet in effect by the resolution date will similarly not qualify.
Limited pilots, studies, planning initiatives, or temporary pop-up markets which don’t regularly operate as regular grocery stores do not qualify.
Partnerships which include partial city ownership will qualify as long as the store is substantively under City of New York control. Partnerships with non-profit or other operators which don’t include direct city ownership of the store will not qualify.
Only stores that are initiated, approved, or opened during Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty and that are described in credible reporting or official City communications as part of the “city-owned grocery store” initiative associated with his campaign platform will qualify. Grocery stores created by previous or subsequent administrations, or any other government-run or subsidized retail programs that are not reasonably attributable to the Mamdani administration’s city-owned grocery store policy, will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.
This market will resolve to “Yes” if the City of New York during the Mamdani administration implements a policy under which at least one grocery store that is city-owned and operated is actively open to the public by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET.
The policy will be considered to have been implemented if at least one such store is open for regular grocery retail sales to the public by the resolution date. The enactment or announcement of a policy without an operational, open store will not alone qualify. Policies that are blocked, cancelled, or not yet in effect by the resolution date will similarly not qualify.
Limited pilots, studies, planning initiatives, or temporary pop-up markets which don’t regularly operate as regular grocery stores do not qualify.
Partnerships which include partial city ownership will qualify as long as the store is substantively under City of New York control. Partnerships with non-profit or other operators which don’t include direct city ownership of the store will not qualify.
Only stores that are initiated, approved, or opened during Zohran Mamdani’s mayoralty and that are described in credible reporting or official City communications as part of the “city-owned grocery store” initiative associated with his campaign platform will qualify. Grocery stores created by previous or subsequent administrations, or any other government-run or subsidized retail programs that are not reasonably attributable to the Mamdani administration’s city-owned grocery store policy, will not qualify.
The resolution source for this market will be a consensus of credible reporting.
Volume
$296End Date
Dec 31, 2026Market Opened
Jun 29, 2026, 3:13 PM ETResolver
0x65070BE91...Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor since January 2026, advanced plans for five city-owned grocery stores—one per borough—through a July 2027 vision document allocating $70 million in capital funding and an RFP for private operators due in October 2026. Official timelines target the first location at Hunts Point in the Bronx for late 2027, with the remainder by the end of his term. Site selection, buildout, and operator selection processes have not accelerated beyond that schedule, leaving no operational store expected before 2027 despite earlier campaign pledges and public announcements identifying initial sites such as La Marqueta. Trader consensus on a “No” outcome by December 31, 2026, aligns with these confirmed procedural and construction timelines.
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