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New York City’s latest socialist experiment is doomed from the start. Mayor Mamdani’s plan to open a government-run grocery store in East Harlem, backed by $30 million in taxpayer dollars, ignores decades of failed public ventures that wasted money and left shelves empty. Instead of letting free markets and private businesses compete to lower prices, officials are doubling down on the same big-government approach that drives up costs and drives away opportunity.Taxpayers will foot the bill while residents get subpar service, long lines, and the inevitable excuses when this project collapses like similar efforts elsewhere. Cities thrive when government stays out of the grocery aisle and allows entrepreneurs to meet demand efficiently.This isn’t compassion—it’s another power grab that burdens working families and expands bureaucracy at the expense of real solutions. New Yorkers deserve better than recycled failed policies dressed up as progress.