The City Council will hold its override vote on Intro 1183, the citywide housing-density bill, on Tuesday, May 12, according to a notice posted to the council’s calendar Friday afternoon. The vote sets up the most consequential test of Mayor Eric Adams’ relationship with the legislature since the City of Yes overhaul cleared in late 2024.

Speaker Adrienne Adams’ office confirmed Saturday that 36 members have given firm commitments to override — two short of the 38-vote supermajority required. Four members remain publicly undecided: Crystal Hudson (D-35, Brooklyn), Rita Joseph (D-40, Brooklyn), Carmen De La Rosa (D-10, Manhattan), and Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-31, Queens). Three Adams allies are expected to vote against override.

“We’re asking members to look at what this bill actually does, not at the politics of the moment,” Speaker Adams said in a statement Friday. “It allows for transit-oriented density in 14 community districts and creates a 25 percent mandatory inclusionary housing requirement for the upzoned parcels.”

What the bill does

Intro 1183 amends the Zoning Resolution to permit residential building heights of up to 145 feet within a quarter mile of subway stations in 14 community districts identified as “transit-rich and housing-poor” by the Department of City Planning. The bill carves out 25 percent mandatory inclusionary housing at 60 percent of Area Median Income for any parcel using the new envelope.

The Real Estate Board of New York, which lobbied against the bill’s inclusionary requirement, took a public position in support of override after the bill’s sponsors agreed to a 421-a successor program in February. “REBNY supports passage and override,” James Whelan, the board’s president, said in an April 21 statement.

Why the mayor vetoed

Mayor Adams vetoed the bill on April 6, citing what his office called “unworkable” inclusionary requirements and timelines. In his veto message, the mayor argued that the 25 percent IH at 60 percent AMI threshold “renders the deal economically unviable for new construction in 11 of the 14 affected districts.” The administration’s preferred alternative — 20 percent at 80 percent AMI — was rejected in negotiations last fall.

The veto was Adams’ fourth in 2026 and the first to face a serious override threat.

The four undecideds

Hudson and Joseph have flagged concerns about the inclusionary AMI threshold, arguing the 60 percent target is still too high for their Central Brooklyn districts. De La Rosa, who represents Washington Heights, has pushed for a longer affordability term. Brooks-Powers has said publicly only that she is “still reviewing the bill’s impact” on the eastern Queens transit corridors in her district.

“Hudson is the one I’d watch,” said one member of the leadership team, granted anonymity to discuss vote-counting. “Where Crystal goes, Rita usually goes.”