The City Council doesn’t have the votes to overturn former Mayor Eric Adams’ veto of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA. Democratic Council members met on Monday to discuss the bill, which Adams vetoed on his final day in office. At the time, the mayor indicated that the bill “unjustifiably” restricted the pool of potential buyers of certain buildings and created “significant operational and administrative challenges” for city agencies.  During a Democratic conference on Monday, it became clear that not enough members favor overriding the veto. A member who attended the conference told The Real Deal that constitutional […]

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