Council Passes Flurry of Bills in Last Meeting, And What Else Happened This Week In Housing

"At the City Council's last stated meeting of 2025, lawmakers passed bills requiring city-funded housing projects to include a certain number of family-sized apartments and deeply affordable units-against opposition from the mayor's office, which says the new rules will stymie development. The City Council held its last meeting of 2025 on Thursday where lawmakers passed a flurry of bills, including a dozen housing-related measures that aim to overhaul the controversial tax lien sale, ensure tenants have access to air conditioning in hot weather,"

"Several pieces of new legislation that create mandates for city-funded housing-requiring the production of more family-sized apartments and deeply affordable units, among other changes-have drawn the ire (and potential veto) of outgoing Mayor Eric Adams' administration, which says they'll stymie development. Affordable housing developers issued similar warnings about two of the bills, and Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani also "has concerns" about the measures and how they could impact his ability to carry out his campaign pledge to build 200,000 new "truly affordable" apartments,"

"But Council Speaker Adrienne Adams, who is term-limited this year and presided over her final session Thursday night, said the bills are "are meant to ensure that the city's public dollars are used wisely to actually create housing that is affordable and can support working families." "Our city is experiencing an exodus of working class and middle-income families due to the affordability crisis," she said."

The City Council passed multiple housing-related bills at its final 2025 meeting that require city-funded projects to produce more family-sized apartments and deeply affordable units. The measures also address the tax lien sale, tenant access to air conditioning during hot weather, and give nonprofits early opportunities to buy troubled buildings. The outgoing mayor's administration and some affordable housing developers warned the mandates could stymie development. Mayor-elect expressed concerns about meeting ambitious housing targets under the new rules. Council leadership defended the measures as a way to ensure public dollars create affordable housing that supports working families.

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