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"Street prices" can also be surprisingly high in NYC. For example, https://gothamist.com/news/why-does-this-ham-and-cheese-cost-29-at-a-manhattan-shop-an-invest
by mwexler 4y ago
"Street prices" can also be surprisingly high in NYC. For example, https://gothamist.com/news/why-does-this-ham-and-cheese-cost-29-at-a-manhattan-shop-an-investigation https://gothamist.com/news/why-does-this-ham-and-cheese-cost...
But when public groups restrict data even after an FOI request, it's hard not to wonder if something foul is going on.
- notjulianjaynes 4y agoTheir argument that they don't want to disclose the names of individual vendors is flawed but somewhat logical. I've seen redactions, for example, on the breakdown of a town's tax revenue by industry when there was only one small business working in a specific industry. Disclosing the price charged for a sandwich seems far less sensitive however. My hunch is there is likely no record of the comparison sandwiches, and I hope the author of this article appeals their records request to find out if that's true or not.