US EditionMamdani Names All-Female Transition Leadership, Taps Lina Khan as Co-Chair
- On Wednesday, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced an all-women transition team including former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan and named Elana Leopold executive director.
- After campaigning on affordability measures, Mamdani said New Yorkers face twin crises of an authoritarian administration and an affordability crisis, promising free child care, bus service, and a Department of Community Safety.
- Lina Khan brings antitrust expertise from New America Foundation and Yale, and as the youngest FTC chair she led actions against Amazon, Microsoft, and Ticketmaster last year.
- Mamdani now must staff his administration and map how to deliver an ambitious but polarizing affordability agenda while decisions over New York Police Department leadership will be closely watched.
- Mamdani's victory makes him New York City's first Muslim mayor and youngest in over a century, but observers question his ability to enact reforms given Governor Kathy Hochul's tax opposition and City Hall constraints.
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A member of the team of five women is Lina Khan, the former head of the U.S. Competition Authority. US President Trump said, however, that they will "take care of New York"
For the realignment of the New York City Hall, Zohran Mamdani relies entirely on female expertise. And the new mayor makes it clear: As far as Trump is concerned, he will "take no leaf before his mouth".
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NEW YORK (PIX11) — Following Zohran Mamdani's historic victory in the New York City mayoral election on Tuesday, the 34-year-old mayor-elect announced his transition team on Wednesday morning with some familiar faces on it. Mamdani's transition team includes multiple former deputy mayors from both Mayor Eric Adams and former Mayor Bill de Blasio. More Local News Elana Leopold, who will lead the team, worked under de Balsio. Former Deputy M…
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