An affordable housing bill championed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani is officially dead in the City Council after failing to win sufficient support, including from new Speaker Julie Menin, to overcome a last-minute veto by former Mayor Eric Adams. While the measure easily won City Council passage in December, doubt remained over whether it enjoyed the 34 votes necessary to overcome the Adams veto and opposition by real estate interests and building owners. “We look forward to working with bill sponsors to reintroduce the legislation this year and work toward its passage.”Menin abstained when the City Council approved COPA in December. Jack Lobel, a spokesperson for Menin, said on Wednesday that the council would only move to override bills with a supermajority of support. “There are nonprofit affordable housing owners and operators, great organizations around the city, that today are struggling with the buildings that they have,” said Howard Slatkin, executive director of Citizens Housing and Planning Council.