It’s a bodega civil war.
Fernando Mateo, the colorful co-founder of the prominent United Bodegas of America, angrily resigned Wednesday over the group’s president endorsing Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor – calling it a “betrayal.”
Mateo plans to hold a news conference Thursday morning denouncing the endorsement by president Radhames Rodriguez, whom he contended illegally violated the bodega owners’ group’s non-profit status by publicly backing a political candidate.
Co-founder Fernando Mateo has angrily resigned from the United Bodegas of America group following their president’s endorsement of Zohran Mamdani. Stephen Yang
“I did not agree with what was done today,” Mateo told The Post, adding that he was resigning “immediately.”
“This was a betrayal,” he seethed.
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