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.

The City Council approved Mayor Eric Adams' controversial sweeping housing plan in down-to-the-wire votes after a $5 billion funding promise from Hizzoner and conceding a handful of tweaks.

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,