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Democratic City Council Candidates Speak Out Against Walmart, Offer Plans To Support Small Businesses

Clockwise from top left: Chaim Deutsch, Theresa Scavo, Igor Oberman, Ari Kagan. It looks like yesterday’s post about Republican City Council candidate David Storobin supporting the push for a New York City Walmart [/storobin-i-will-fight-for-a-nyc-walmart/] generated quite a bit of discussion, and we thought it important to take that one

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Walmart In Brooklyn? Fuggedaboutit! Nation’s Biggest Retailer Gives Up Fight For East NY Location

Source: Koonisutra/FlickrProving that resistance is not futile, the All-American Ultra-Chain, Walmart, has retreated from efforts to plant its flag in East New York. Since at least 2007, Walmart has been paving the way for an invasion of Brooklyn’s Gateway II shopping center [/brooklyn-walmart-gateway-shoppin/]. Local activists claimed America’s

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Walmart's Brooklyn Push, By The Numbers

Courtesy of Koonisutra via FlickrNew York Magazine has put together a nice roundup of bribes donations Walmart has made around the city [http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/topic/walmart-2011-8/], as it attempts to cobble support together for its push to have a Brooklyn location (presumably, the Gateway Shopping Center in

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Barrison: Walmart Is No Good For Small Business!

Courtesy of Koonisutra via FlickrBay Improvement Group President Steve Barrison took to the Daily News yesterday, with an editorial bashing the big P.R. push to bring Walmart to New York City [/tag/walmart/]. What does Walmart have to do with improving the Bay, you ask? Well, Barrison is also