Overview
- Khan is one of four co-chairs alongside Maria Torres-Springer, Melanie Hartzog and Grace Bonilla, with Elana Leopold named transition executive director.
- Mamdani introduced the team a day after his victory, and Khan said New Yorkers rejected a politics where corporate power dictates outcomes.
- Conservative critics point to Khan’s leadership at the FTC, citing allegations of politicization and noting Republican Commissioner Christine Wilson’s 2023 resignation in protest.
- Under Khan, the FTC pursued actions against major tech firms and advanced a noncompete ban that a federal judge later struck down for exceeding the agency’s authority.
- Fox News reported personnel links between Khan’s advisers and nonprofits funded by Open Society Foundations, Omidyar Network and the Ford Foundation, and it remains unclear whether her role will extend beyond the transition.