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.
90 Articles
90 Articles
The party in New York is over – for Zohran Mamdani the work is now beginning. While the left Democrat is already screwing his team, Trump's Republicans are wrestling for the interpretation of the election evening.
The elected mayor of New York, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, presented this Wednesday, at his first press conference after taking the victory, to the transition team that will support him in order to realize his promise to transform the city, promising to get to work immediately when he takes office on January 1. “I will work every day to honor the trust that I now have in my hands. The poetry of the electoral campaign may come to an end last night a…
Designated ones include Maria Torres-Springer, Lina Khan, Grace Bonilla and Melanie Hartzog, who will lead the process of change
NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani announces all-female transition team for 2026 administration
The team includes nonprofit leaders Grace Bonilla and Melanie Hartzog, former FTC Chair Lina Khan, and housing expert Maria Torres-Springer, all focused on tackling affordability.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 46% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
