{"id":40877,"date":"2026-07-14T13:08:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/?p=40877"},"modified":"2026-07-14T13:08:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:08:17","slug":"mayor-mamdani-announces-landmark-click-to-cancel-consumer-protection-rules-to-ban-subscription-traps-and-junk-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/archives\/40877","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani announces landmark “Click-To-Cancel” consumer protection rules to ban subscription traps and junk fees"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Samuel A.A. Levine\u00a0announced sweeping new consumer protections that will crack down on junk fees and subscription traps, making it easier for New Yorkers to know the real price of what they are buying and to stop paying for the services they no longer want.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following Mayor Mamdani\u2019s Executive Orders\u00a09<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a010, the City announced a proposed rule requiring transparent, all-in pricing that bans hidden junk fees, alongside a final \u201cClick to Cancel\u201d rule that guarantees consumers can cancel subscriptions as easily as they sign up for them.<\/p>\n

Together, these rules represent one of the strongest municipal consumer protection efforts in the country and build upon Mayor Mamdani\u2019s affordability agenda, including the City\u2019s rule banning hidden hotel fees.\u00a0The Click-to-Cancel Rule alone is estimated to save New Yorkers up to $162.5 million per year.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years, companies have built their business model around making it harder for working people to hold onto their money,\u201d said\u00a0Mayor Mamdani.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it\u2019s hidden fees that suddenly appear at checkout or subscriptions that take one click to sign up for and a dozen steps to cancel, the result is the same: working people pay more while corporations profit. That ends now. If you can sign up with one click, you can cancel with one click.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery dollar a family loses to a hidden fee or a subscription they couldn\u2019t cancel is a dollar stolen from them, a dollar that could have gone toward rent, groceries, childcare, or anything else. And just as important, the hours spent trying to cancel a subscription or membership you no longer want is stolen time,\u201d said\u00a0Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice Julie Su.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what affordability means in practice\u2014closing the small holes that drain people\u2019s paychecks and their time month after month. These rules put New Yorkers back in control.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mamdani Administration is shutting the door on the era of fleecing New Yorkers with junk fees and subscription traps,\u201d said\u00a0Commissioner Samuel A.A. Levine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThese two rules will ensure that the price you see is the price you pay\u2014no hidden charges, no endless subscription services and no advantages for businesses that cheat. Requiring companies to compete on price will lower costs for all New Yorkers and level the playing field for honest businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody should be trapped in subscriptions they can\u2019t escape or stuck paying junk fees they can\u2019t avoid,\u201d said\u00a0Lina Khan, former FTC Chair.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese predatory tactics cheat people out of billions of dollars each year. With today\u2019s rules, Commissioner Levine and DCWP are cracking down on corporate ripoffs, protecting families and honest businesses alike. The Mamdani administration\u2019s work to tackle the affordability crisis and promote economic fairness continues to set a new standard nationwide, modeling effective governance and a relentless focus on using all of the city\u2019s levers to improve life for New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Yorkers across the five boroughs are feeling the squeeze of the affordability crisis as they pay more and more for less and less. Junk fees and subscription traps add to this, costing families an average of $3,200 per year. Big companies can\u2019t play by their own rules, charging customers for things they don\u2019t want or need. I applaud Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Deputy Mayor Julie Su and Commissioner Sam Levine for taking action to stop these exploitative business practices and lower costs for everyday New Yorkers,\u201d said\u00a0State Senator Kristen Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Yorkers deserve straightforward pricing and the ability to cancel subscriptions without jumping through endless hoops,\u201d said\u00a0Council Member Harvey Epstein.<\/p>\n

\u201cHidden junk fees and subscription traps drive up costs for working families and undermine trust in the marketplace. These first-in-the-nation consumer protections sends a message that businesses must be transparent, honest and accountable. As Chair of the Consumer and Worker Protection Committee, I applaud DCWP for continuing to lead the nation in protecting consumers and ensuring New Yorkers keep more of their hard-earned money.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NEWYORK: Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Samuel A.A. Levine\u00a0announced sweeping new consumer protections that will crack down on junk fees and subscription traps, making it easier for New Yorkers to know the real price of what they are buying and to stop paying for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1469,31,1378],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york","category-news","category-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40879,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40877\/revisions\/40879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vosa.tv\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}