New: Mayor Eric Adams vetoed four City Council bills seeking to give more assistance to homeless New Yorkers, intensifying his battle with city lawmakers who overwhelmingly approved the legislation last month.
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But Adams has argued the Council’s bills, which seek to expand those eligible for rental subsidies, would come at too high a cost for the city. He says councilmembers should instead focus their efforts on revising zoning regulations that inhibit the building of affordable housing. Overturning the bills through another Council vote would be a difficult task for the mayor. They passed 41 to 7, a veto-proof majority in the 51-member Council. That means that Adams would need at least eight members to change their votes.
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