New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is catching flak from the political Right online over his plan to require shoppers at his proposed government-run grocery stores to show identification to buy discounted food.

Last week, Mamdani announced a 30% discount on staple items at future grocery stores in each of the city’s five boroughs. During the press conference, an official in the socialist mayor’s administration revealed that a state ID requirement may be in order.

Recommended Stories

NYC immigrant-led coalition challenges Mamdani’s government-run grocery stores

Mamdani’s government grocery stores plan is based on an accounting error

The bill for ‘free stuff’ always arrives. Just ask the generation that believed Mamdani