The Freakout Over Cheaper Beer at Yankee Stadium

The Freakout Over Cheaper Beer at Yankee Stadium

When Semafor reported this month that Lina Khan was helping New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani identify overlooked legal tools to make daily life cheaper, the example that caused the most controversy was almost comically trivial: beer prices at Yankee Stadium. In her new role as co-chair of Mamdani’s transition team, the former FTC chair, who spent the Biden years cracking down on junk fees and captive-market exploitation, has been studyin…