Mayor Eric Adams' massive rezoning plan known as "City of Yes" cleared a major hurdle Thursday, passing key City Council committee votes, with some modifications. It can now move ahead to a full City Council vote.

A modified version of the mayor’s City of Yes housing proposal passed key City Council committees on Thursday, a major milestone for the plan. Several aspects of the mayor’s plan were scaled back in the last hours of negotiations with the City Council’s speaker’s office and Department of City Planning,

Three city officials say the mayor's office has agreed to allocate as much as $5 billion in infrastructure and staffing funding.