Gristedes has an industry average net profit for a grocery store, 1%-3%. If they're reconsidering it's because they're going to be given the contracts for the city grocery stores.

but, funding city grocery stores? and daycare? and free bus services? while freezing rent in a city where 25% of tax revenue comes from property taxes?

"Due to these fiscal cliffs and other underbudgeted ongoing costs, the Fiscal Year 2025 Preliminary Budget is short $3.6 billion to $3.9 billion annually of what would be needed to continue programs at the current services level.3 While the revenues are not available to support this level of spending, fully funding the current level of services grow the fiscal year 2025 annual spending increase to $6.0 billion, or 7.4 percent."

Seems unlikely.