US EditionWho is Lina Khan, co-chair of Mamdani’s mayoral transition team?
Lina Khan, known for antitrust actions against major tech firms, joins Mamdani's team amid concerns about stricter regulations impacting NYC’s tech workforce of 14,000 at Google alone.
- On October 26, 2025, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named Lina Khan, former Federal Trade Commission Chair under President Joe Biden, co-chair of his transition team.
- Her academic work and enforcement approach include suing Meta over Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, targeting Amazon's dominance, and challenging Kroger and Albertsons mergers; her 2017 article 'Amazon's Antitrust Paradox' faced criticism.
- Google and Meta's New York footprints mean 14,000 workers at Google's Hudson Square campus and thousands at Meta's New York offices, while startups fear talent migration as the tech workforce is mobile.
- City Hall controls procurement contracts, data-use standards, AI-deployment rules and zoning, while industry contacts warn framing big tech as a villain harms recruiting.
- A federal judge's October 2024 ruling and a House-Committee staff report criticize Lina Khan's FTC leadership, raising concerns about unchecked power and risks to New York City's tech growth hub effort.
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Lina Khan tells Jon Stewart how Mamdani could take on 'corporate lawbreakers' in NYC
Lina Khan joined New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's transition team in November.Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty ImagesLina Khan spoke about the scope of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's executive power.Khan said Mamdani has the "stand-alone authority" to address certain matters.Other matters will require working with city and state officials.As Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani prepares to take office this January, his transition team cochair, Lina Kh…
Mamdani picks Pak-American to co-lead transition team
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed former US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairperson Lina Maliha Khan, a renowned Pakistani-American legal scholar, to co-chair his transition team, he announced Thursday. Maamdani, 34, the first Muslim and a South Asian, will be sworn-in on January 1, 2026. He will lead the biggest city in the US, a job which comes with a $116 billion budget and global scrutiny, Ms. Khan, 36, who led the FTC dur…
Lina Khan — Pakistani-American co-chairing Mamdani's transition team
New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed former US Federal Trade Commission chairperson Lina Maliha Khan, a renowned Pakistani-American legal scholar, to co-chair his transition team, he announced on Thursday.Maamdani, 34, the...
Who is Lina Khan, co-chair of Mamdani’s mayoral transition team?
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) announced Wednesday that former Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan will co-chair his transition team. Khan will lead the transition team alongside former New York City First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer (D), former New York City Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Melanie Hartzog, United Way…
Mamdani’s new anti-business bogeywoman: Lina Khan
Joe Biden’s most prominent far-left antibusiness attacker is now shaping the transition of the financial capital of the world, which could reverse the push begun by former Mayor Michael Bloomberg to make New York City the East Coast version of Silicon Valley.New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani may chase away the companies he needs to pay for his big government socialism by naming an anti-business antagonist, Lina Khan, as co-chair of his tr…
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