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Title: Former FTC Chair Lina Khan will help Zohran Mamdani build his new
administration

Link: https://www.engadget.com/general/former-ftc-c...

A familiar face will be helping Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani set up his new
administration before he takes office in 2026. Lina Khan, former Federal
Trade Commission Chair under President Joe Biden, has been officially
announced as one of Mamdani's transition co-chairs, alongside Grace Bonilla,
Maria Torres-Springer and Melanie Hartzog.

Mamdani's platform is focused on affordability, with fighting corporate
corruption a key way he hopes to lower prices for New Yorkers. Mamdani's
proposed policies include working to ban hidden fees and non-compete clauses,
while funding challenges to utility company rate hikes. It's not surprising
that Khan and Mamdani would be aligned. As Chair, Khan is best known for
trying to rebuild the FTC's anti-monopolist backbone, but she was similarly
interested in banning non-compete clauses and hidden junk fees. Khan has also
publicly expressed her appreciation for the Mamdani campaign's focus on small
businesses in The New York Times Opinion section.

"I think what we saw last night was New Yorkers not just electing a new
mayor, but clearly rejecting a politics where outsized corporate power and
money too often end up dictating our politics," Khan said at a press
conference announcing her new role. "And a clear mandate for change, where
New Yorkers can get ahead and where all workers and small businesses can
thrive, not just get by."

While Mamdani has served as a New York state assemblyman, his relative lack
of experience has been used as a consistent criticism of his candidacy for
mayor. Clearly, that didn't matter to voters, but Mamdani's chosen transition
team members suggest he plans to surround himself with people who are
experienced. In the case of Khan, that includes a transition co-chair whoΓÇÖs
willing to be openly critical of corporate power. The Trump administration
has effectively remade the FTC in its image, but there's more than one place
the influence of big businesses can be checked.

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