"Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Monday signed two executive orders directing city agencies to crack down on so-called junk fees, citing hidden charges that appear when New Yorkers buy concert tickets, join gyms, or try to cancel subscriptions, framing the effort as a key part of addressing the city's affordability crisis. Speaking at a press conference in Long Island City, Mamdani said junk fees have become embedded in everyday transactions from gyms and concert tickets to rent payments quietly draining money and time from New Yorkers."
"The aggregate of all of these fees only buries New Yorkers deeper in a cost-of-living crisis that defines too many of our daily existences. Mamdani said the fees are not just a financial burden but a sign of disdain and disrespect toward working people. When your landlord adds fees to your rent payment at the last moment, that is disrespect, he said."
Zohran Mamdani signed two executive orders directing city agencies to crack down on so-called junk fees in tickets, gyms, and subscription services. Junk fees have become embedded in everyday transactions, from gyms and concert tickets to rent payments, quietly draining money and time from New Yorkers. Small fees that accumulate deepen the city's cost-of-living crisis and signal disdain toward working people. The first executive order establishes a citywide junk fee task force co-chaired by Deputy Mayor Julie Su and DCWP Commissioner Sam Levine and directs intensified enforcement and compliance actions. The second order targets recurring subscription tricks and directs DCWP to monitor, investigate, and enforce violations.
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