Corporations have taken advantage of working people for too long: sometimes nickel-and-diming them, sometimes taking a bigger bite. The Trump administration won’t help, so cities and states must create guardrails protecting people from fraud. A new NYC bill would do that.

Introduced last week with the mayor’s support, the People and Organizations Winning Economic Relief (POWER) Act would take standard protections in 43 other states and D.C. — but not yet in NYC — and turbocharge them. It would adopt the gold standard in consumer protection so that people can navigate the marketplace without getting ripped off.

Current New York State laws allow people to sue businesses over “deceptive” practices, but not “unfair” or “abusive” ones. The bill, sponsored by Councilman Harvey Epstein, would close that loophole, allowing consumers, tenants, small businesses, nonprofits, and others to stop predatory conduct.

This bill would also help workers, in several........

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