Khan and Shorris named to helm NYC economic agencies

Mayor Zohran Mamdani appoints Lina Khan as chair of the Economic Development Board and Tony Shorris to lead the Economic Development Corporation, signaling a major leadership shake-up of NYC’s economic agencies. Khan, the former FTC chair and Columbia Law professor, pledges an innovative, resourceful approach to building an affordable, efficient, and resilient city economy, while Shorris—veteran city official and current McKinsey partner—returns to public service to run the EDC. The agency oversees about 60 million square feet of property and roughly $6 billion in active construction, and the appointments come amid ongoing debate about the EDC’s alignment with business interests as NYC also grapples with a legionnaires’ disease outbreak.