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In reply to the discussion: Mayor Mamdani:Last year, I told New Yorkers: we would open city-owned grocery stores to take on the affordability crisis [View all]Jedi Guy
(3,483 posts)27. I don't disagree at all. Nonprofits don't always have the resources, unfortunately.
Skilled labor will generally go where the most money can be had. It might even be more true with doctors given the hideous debt many of them are carrying when they leave med school. They may want to help an underserved community but might not be able to afford losing the income to do so.
A good solution might be better government funding to help those kinds of nonprofits, but that money has to come from somewhere.
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Mayor Mamdani:Last year, I told New Yorkers: we would open city-owned grocery stores to take on the affordability crisis [View all]
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Yesterday
OP
Non-profit social services. Great. Hope that reaches into healthcare, too.
lindysalsagal
Yesterday
#2
I think we might be surprised. It has long been contended by Wall Street financiers that
PatrickforB
Yesterday
#6
Well, Mamdani is in New York City, and the urban areas are generally well supplied with
PatrickforB
Yesterday
#19
I don't disagree at all. Nonprofits don't always have the resources, unfortunately.
Jedi Guy
23 hrs ago
#27
I think some Americans have been awakened when/if they go to a European country (like on a cruise ship) and see what
CTyankee
3 hrs ago
#52
This is why there was so much opposition to Mamdami from the rich elite during the mayoral election. They weren't
Fil1957
Yesterday
#9
Exactly right. Their fear: the public at large seeing for themselves the success of these initiatives.
Passages
Yesterday
#13
The point is not adding stores at this time; it's showing how city-owned stores might work.
WhiskeyGrinder
21 hrs ago
#36