[vikingd00d]

>>There are already five grocery stores within two blocks of the proposed site on Park Avenue near East 115th Street — and 15 within five blocks

That hardly sounds like a “food desert” that they use as justification.

[PallMal]

I know that area of Manhattan, and it's full of bodegas and mini supermarkets all over the place.

It is not a food desert.

[PLMerite]

“That hardly sounds like a “food desert” that they use as justification.”

Stores probably have security keeping the locals from mobbing them and stripping them bare.

“New” stores will be more looter-friendly.