A sweeping zoning change pushed by the administration of Mayor Eric Adams and approved by key City Council committees Thursday is expected to accelerate housing construction and make a dent in the citys housing crisis.

Despite concessions that will likely result in spurring less new housing that originally envisioned in the boroughs’ more suburban-like neighborhoods, advocates for more residential development said this represented the most comprehensive effort to increase supply in decades.

“Today’s vote is, by any measure, a big step forward for addressing New York City’s need for housing,” said Howard Slatkin of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council and previously a longtime staffer at the Department of City Planning. “The modifications do leave room for improvement in the future, but people hoping for changes that significantly expand the ability to add housing in neighborhoods throughout the city should be pleased and heartened at what was approved by committee today.”

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