Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the stores are meant to make food more affordable, but he has been met with some criticism.
He was just 5 years old when he came to the U.S. with his parents from Haiti. Now, Guy Stanley Philoche's paintings sell for up to $150,000.
For many people, the supermarket is no longer an option for buying food because the prices have gotten too high.
A community effort is underway to raise money for the workers impacted by a massive fire that destroyed part of a popular beer garden and restaurant in East Harlem just days before Thanksgiving.
The four-alarm fire broke out just after 6 p.m. at Santiago's Beer Garden located at 2337 First Ave. near East 119th Street, according to the FDNY.
Police assisted a man who had ended up on the subway tracks after an argument turned physical.