As a bodega owner who has struggled over the past thirty years to make a success of my Bronx bodegas, I’ve seen firsthand how legislation coming out of Albany impacts bodegueros – and usually not in a good way.
As a bodega owner who has struggled over the past thirty years to make a success of my Bronx bodegas, I’ve seen firsthand how legislation coming out of Albany impactsand usually not in a good way. While some laws aim to uplift and support local businesses, others pose significant challenges; and where they do it is as a result of a lack of understanding of our lived experience.
The bill presents itself as a noble effort to tackle the mounting plastic waste crisis. Unfortunately, it fails to consider the collateral damage it inflicts on small grocers and bodega owners. Our bodegas are essential for the underserved communities that we serve, and for this legislation to work for us, it needs to be amended to take into consideration the harm that it will cause our stores.
What’s even more troubling is the bill’s failure to address the unique challenges faced by spaced constrained grocery stores like ours. Unlike larger supermarkets with greater resources-and especially more space-small stores like ours will be put in a bind by this legislation. As a result, we’ll be forced to make tough decisions about the products we can afford to stock and sell.
Perhaps most importantly, the bill’s insistence on selling products in bulk will have a discriminatory impact on our low-income customers. While bulk purchases might appeal to some suburban customers, they certainly don’t align with the income limitations and space challenges of the great majority of my customers.
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