Statement from DCWP on Mayor Mamdani’s Executive Orders on Combatting Hidden Junk Fees and Fighting Subscription Tricks and Traps

January 5, 2026

The Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Samuel Levine issued the following statement addressing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Executive Orders on combatting hidden junk fees and fighting subscription tricks and traps:

As prices keep climbing and the federal government retreats from protecting consumers, Mayor Mamdani’s two new Executive Orders take decisive action—cracking down on citywide junk fees and subscription traps to deliver on his promise of a city we can afford.

Using our full rulemaking authority, the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection and the Citywide Junk Fee Task Force will target predatory companies that pad prices with hidden fees—schemes that drain family budgets and undercut honest businesses that play by the rules.

We’ll do the same with illegal subscription tricks, holding scammy gyms, apps, and other bad actors accountable by banning businesses from deceptively enrolling and trapping people into subscriptions that are unfairly difficult to cancel.

Backed by aggressive enforcement and close coordination with partner agencies, New York City is ending the era of junk fees and subscription traps once and for all. DCWP will use every tool at our disposal to hold corporate cheats accountable, deliver real relief to consumers, and level the playing field for businesses that follow the rules.