Mamdani taps federal regulator to lead Department of Consumer and Worker Protection

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday that Sam Levine, the former director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, will lead the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. 

Levine worked under former FTC chair Lina Khan, who now co-chairs Mamdani’s 400-person transition team, serving in the federal consumer protection office from 2021 until 2025.