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Court order pausing an NYC municipal grocery store on Kalshi
If a New York State court issues an order prohibiting, suspending, or pausing the opening or operation of at least one planned New York City municipal grocery store in Multicultural Business Coalition v. City of New York, Index Nos. 160693/2026 and 160694/2026, or a proceeding formally related to, consolidated with, transferred from, renumbering, succeeding, or reviewing either named matter and concerning the same requested relief before Dec 1, 2026, then the market resolves to Yes.
Settles on: New York State Unified Court System.
The cover charge
| If you buy at | Fee per contract | On $50 | Win rate to break even |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14¢ (now) | 0.8¢ | $3.01 | 14.8% |
| 30¢ | 1.5¢ | $2.45 | 31.5% |
| 50¢ | 1.8¢ | $1.75 | 51.7% |
| 70¢ | 1.5¢ | $1.05 | 71.5% |
| 90¢ | 0.6¢ | $0.35 | 90.6% |
Resting orders pay no fee on this series. Formula: 7% × contracts × price × (1 − price), rounded up, on orders that take liquidity. Break-even assumes you hold to settlement; trading out early pays the fee twice.
Open contracts right now
| Contract | YES price | Implied | Fee at this price | Real-world odds | Luck needed | Volume | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will a court halt an NYC municipal grocery store before Dec 1, 2026? · Before Dec 1, 2026 | 4¢ | 4% | 0.2¢ | — | 7% | 9,230 | Dec 01, 04:59 UTC |
| Will a court halt an NYC municipal grocery store before Jan 1, 2027? · Before Jan 1, 2027 | 14¢ | 14% | 0.8¢ | — | 28% | 3,413 | Jan 01, 04:59 UTC |
| Will a court halt an NYC municipal grocery store before Jul 1, 2027? · Before Jul 1, 2027 | 14¢ | 14% | 0.8¢ | — | 28% | 936 | Jul 01, 03:59 UTC |
Who actually wins this market
- Whoever posts the resting orders and collects the spread without paying a fee.
- The venue, on every fee.
- Not, on average, the person clicking buy because the chart is going their way. That was us.
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