NYC Mayor Mamdani appoints ex-FTC Chair Lina Khan to lead Economic Development Corp

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan to head the board of directors of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC). Khan is widely recognized for her aggressive antitrust actions against major tech companies including Amazon, Meta, and Google during her tenure at the FTC. Mamdani described the pairing as a 'dream team,' signaling an ambitious leadership vision for the city's economic body. The appointments are framed as part of a broader strategy to align urban business development with the mayor's progressive affordability agenda.