Group challenges proposed NYC Wal-Mart
Photo credit: Getty Images | A file photo of a Walmart store.
Mark Tanis, the general manager of Shoppers World on Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn, takes a dire view of what would happen if Wal-Mart opens its first New York City store nearby.
"Right now there are about 200 stores on the avenue; I feel like it would be a ghost town if Wal-Mart was to come to the area," Tanis said. "Wherever he goes, he just blows everybody to pieces."
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