NEW YORK STATE LEGISLATURE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 26, 2013
Joint Statement from Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver,
Senator Daniel Squadron and Council Member Margaret Chin
Announcing a Commitment to Build a Supermarket at the
Former Pathmark Site on Cherry Street
Senator Daniel Squadron and Council Member Margaret Chin
Announcing a Commitment to Build a Supermarket at the
Former Pathmark Site on Cherry Street
As part of our ongoing effort to ensure that our Lower East Side neighbors have access to fresh food and other essentials, we met with the developer of the former Pathmark site at 227 Cherry Street and received a commitment that a full-service supermarket will be built as part of the project.
This is an area that is underserved when it comes to the availability of fresh and affordable food. That is why we fought plans to close the Pathmark and have been advocating for another supermarket to replace it. Extell Development Company has assured us that a food market will be built and we look forward to seeing it open. We are also advocating for a temporary market to open while construction is underway.