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The advocacy and legal fund

The Advocacy and Legal Fund

The coalition is raising $1 million to challenge the city-run grocery store plan in court, to lobby at City Hall, in Albany, and in Washington, and to put the daily reality of small business ownership in front of the public. Individual donors and small and mid-size businesses contributed nearly $100,000 in the first week. Every dollar goes to that work.

• The lawsuits

  Two actions in New York County Supreme Court to stop the city-run grocery stores until the city does the studies the law requires and sits down with the businesses the plan affects.

• Lobbying and testimony

  A coordinated voice at hearings and in the offices of the officials who decide on certification, lending, taxes, wages, and permitting.

• Public awareness

  Telling New Yorkers what bodegas and neighborhood supermarkets are up against: rising rent and taxes, shoplifting, and now subsidized competition across the street.