NYC’s Mamdani Names Ex-FTC Chief Lina Khan to Transition Team

New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani tapped former Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan to his transition team, a figure who raised the ire of big businesses and dealmakers with her tough approach to antitrust cases.

Khan, who Mamdani named as one of four co-chairs of the transition team, will advise the mayor elect on economic policy and personnel, according to her spokesperson Douglas Farrar.

As chair under former President Joe Biden, Khan brought major cases, sometimes unsuccessfully, against the tech giants including Amazon.com Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Under her leadership, the agency blocked mergers ...