Mamdani’s Consumer Protection Commissioner Vows More Aggressive Action NYT | Top Stories Matthew Haag 16 January 2026 at 03:26 “I want to be very public that there’s a new cop on the beat,” said Samuel Levine, the new commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection. © James Estrin/The New York TimesSamuel Levine was previously the director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Consumer Protection in the Biden administration.