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Mamdani Needs a Maximalist Vision of Mayoral Power To Achieve His Goals. Lina Khan Has a Plan.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown | From the February/March 2026 issue
In the February/March 2026 issue of Reason, we explore Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's policy goals and what they mean for New York City. Click here to read the other entries.
When New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced his transition team the day after the election, one name stood out as a harbinger of mayoral misconduct: Lina Khan. Khan, who headed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) under President Joe Biden, was one of the team's four co-chairs.
"The poetry of campaigning may have come to a close last night at 9, but the beautiful prose of governing has only begun," said Mamdani in a November 5 speech. "The hard work of improving New Yorkers' lives starts now."
When it comes to helping improve ordinary people's lives, Khan is hardly up for the job—not if her history is any indication.
Khan's influence will likely lead Mamdani's office to get creative—and perhaps unconstitutional—in applying existing laws and authorities to enact big-ticket items on Mamdani's agenda, © Reason.com
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