The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act of 2025 was passed quickly and easily, according to its sponsor, Council member Sandy Nurse. “It has a huge level of support in the Council,” she said Wednesday. “I think everybody recognized COPA will be an effective intervention to create affordable housing, to protect the affordable housing that we have.” She added, “It was easy to get it over the finish line.” Maybe too easy, it turned out: Mayor Eric Adams vetoed it on his way out the door, after Council member Darlene Mealy rounded up enough votes to prevent her colleagues from overriding […]

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