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Mamdani 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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The Political InsiderMamdani Announces All-Female Transition Team
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced on Wednesday that his transition team would be all-female. “Last night we made history, and today we begin the work of making a new administration,” Mamdani said in a video posted to X. Following Mamdani’s substantial victory in the city’s mayoral election on Nov. 4, outgoing New York City Mayor Eric Adams will begin handing off power to the mayor-elect’s incoming administration. Mamdani said th…
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